Describe the morphology of oomycetes.

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Describe the morphology of oomycetes.
Which protists are known for their cytoplasmic streaming movement?
Which protists occasionally resemble tiny snails? What are the shells made of?
Which group of protists have elaborate exteriors of glassy silica and are very common in the fossil record?
What supergroup do land plants share a common ancestor with?
 
 
What protists are common in tropical waters and are generally called “seaweeds?”
Which of the algaes are the furthest living relatives to land plants?
Which algaes are the closest living relatives to land plants?
Which protists move using tube-like pseudopodia?
Which protist group exhibits similarities to fungi as a result of convergent evolution?
Which protist group takes on a slug form when nutrients are hard to come by?
What protist group do animals share a common ancestor with?
What are the choanoflagellates are believed to resemble?
Which group contains at least one type of human parasite?
Ecology of Protists
What is the contribution of symbiotic dinoflagellates to coral?
What causes coral bleaching?
What protists help termites digest wood?
What percent of the world’s photosynthesis is performed by protists?
What are saprobes specialized for?
What do most chytrids do to obtain nutrients?
Describe the lifestyle of labyrinthulomycetes.
What protist accounts for 50 percent of all malaria cases in humans?
What protist causes African sleeping sickness?
What protist was responsible for the Irish potato famine of the nineteenth century?
Module 6: Fungi
Characteristics of Fungi
What are fungal walls composed of?
What is the function of ergosterol and where is it found in fungal cells?
What is the function of pigments in fungi?
Where are most fungi found?
What are the preferred environmental conditions of most fungi?
Where are chytrids primarily found?
How do fungi typically obtain their nutrients?
Describe yeasts.
Are fungi facultative anaerobes, obligate anaerobes, facultative aerobes, or obligate aerobes? Explain what this
means.
Do fungi reproduce sexually, asexually, or both?
What does it mean to be “perfect fungi?”
What is the first step in fungal sexual reproduction, and what happens during this step?
What is the most common form of asexual reproduction in fungi? Describe the process.
Classifications of Fungi
Which fungal group is primarily unicellular?
Which phylum includes the simplest of the true fungi?
Which fungi are structurally and ecologically most similar to protists?
Are zygomycetes parasites, saprobes, carnivores, or autotrophic?
Which phylum includes the familiar bread mold? What species is it?
Which phylum is also known as the conjugated fungi?
To which phylum do the majority of known fungi belong?
Where do the ascomycetes get their name from?
What do sac fungi use for asexual reproduction?
In which group will you find most of the edible fungi? What is the specific term used to describe it?
 
 
What are smuts and rusts? Where are they found?
Where do most glomeromycetes live? What do they supply to their symbiotic hosts?
How do glomeromycetes reproduce?
Are deuteromycetes perfect or imperfect fungi?
What is the visible part of deuteromycetes, what is it commonly called, and what is the technical term for the
structure?
Which fungal genus is the source of many food contaminants?
Ecology of Fungi
What are exoenzymes?
What fungal action releases nitrogen and phosphorus into the environment?
Many advances in modern genetics were made possible using what fungus (common name and scientific name)?
What is the role of fungal partnership with trees and grasses? What percent of these plants are dependent on
the relationship?
Arbuscular mycorrhiza is a partnership between what organisms (fungal phylum)?
What are lichens a partnerships between?
Fungal Parasites and Pathogens
What causes ergotism? What is it?
What can aflatoxins taint, leading to massive recalls? Why?
What is noble rot? How does it happen? What is it used for?
What is mycotoxicosis? What organisms are affected?
What causes white-nose syndrome in bats?
What do the symptoms of valley fever resemble, and what causes it?
Which fungus is of primary concern when considering rising cases of antifungal resistance?
Resistance to what fungus appears to be on the rise?
What is one of the most important factors in fighting drug resistanc
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