Microbiology - Fungi
What is Mycology? - correct answer ✔study of fungi
How many species of fungi have been identified? - correct answer ✔More
than 100 000 species of fundi identified
How many species of fungi are pathogenic to humans and animals? - correct
answer ✔Only about 200 species of fungi are pathogenic to humans and
animals
What do fungi include? - correct answer ✔Includes microorganisms such as
yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
What kind of organisms are fungi? - correct answer ✔Eukaryotes (nucleus
and cytoplasmic organelles)
What are the fungi cell wall like? - correct answer ✔Cell wall (plant-like)
contains chitin, glucans, mannans
What do fungi cell wall contain? - correct answer ✔Cell membrane contains
ergosterol and zymosterol (compared to mammalian cholesterol)
Fungi are more closely related to one kingdom than another? - correct
answer ✔More closely related to animals than to plants
How do fungi move around? - correct answer ✔No mechanisms for
locomotion
, What are the range of sizes for fungi? - correct answer ✔Range in size from
microscopic to very large - yeast to mushrooms
What kind of organisms are fungi (based on how they grow)? - correct
answer ✔Heterotrophs - no chloroplasts for photosynthesis
What are heterotrophs? - correct answer ✔Heterotroph is an organism that
uses organic material for growth
What is an autotroph? - correct answer ✔Autotroph is an organism that can
use inorganic material for growth and produce organic material
How do fungi acquire nutrients? - correct answer ✔Nutrients are acquired by
absorption - for the most part, fungi acquire nutrients from decaying material
Are fungi Aerobic, facultative anaerobic, or anaerobic? - correct answer
✔Aerobic or facultative anaerobic, only a few anaerobic fungi are known
How do fungi reproduce? - correct answer ✔Reproduce asexually and
sexually
What are the Fungi Categories? - correct answer ✔Saprophytic, Parasitic,
Mycorrhizal (symbiotic)
What group are the Saprophytic in? How do they work and what do they grow
on? - correct answer ✔largest group of fungi, they grow on dead organic
matter and work to rot or digest that organic matter - very ecologically
important to recycle dead organic matter (fallen trees, dung, animals...)
What is Mycology? - correct answer ✔study of fungi
How many species of fungi have been identified? - correct answer ✔More
than 100 000 species of fundi identified
How many species of fungi are pathogenic to humans and animals? - correct
answer ✔Only about 200 species of fungi are pathogenic to humans and
animals
What do fungi include? - correct answer ✔Includes microorganisms such as
yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
What kind of organisms are fungi? - correct answer ✔Eukaryotes (nucleus
and cytoplasmic organelles)
What are the fungi cell wall like? - correct answer ✔Cell wall (plant-like)
contains chitin, glucans, mannans
What do fungi cell wall contain? - correct answer ✔Cell membrane contains
ergosterol and zymosterol (compared to mammalian cholesterol)
Fungi are more closely related to one kingdom than another? - correct
answer ✔More closely related to animals than to plants
How do fungi move around? - correct answer ✔No mechanisms for
locomotion
, What are the range of sizes for fungi? - correct answer ✔Range in size from
microscopic to very large - yeast to mushrooms
What kind of organisms are fungi (based on how they grow)? - correct
answer ✔Heterotrophs - no chloroplasts for photosynthesis
What are heterotrophs? - correct answer ✔Heterotroph is an organism that
uses organic material for growth
What is an autotroph? - correct answer ✔Autotroph is an organism that can
use inorganic material for growth and produce organic material
How do fungi acquire nutrients? - correct answer ✔Nutrients are acquired by
absorption - for the most part, fungi acquire nutrients from decaying material
Are fungi Aerobic, facultative anaerobic, or anaerobic? - correct answer
✔Aerobic or facultative anaerobic, only a few anaerobic fungi are known
How do fungi reproduce? - correct answer ✔Reproduce asexually and
sexually
What are the Fungi Categories? - correct answer ✔Saprophytic, Parasitic,
Mycorrhizal (symbiotic)
What group are the Saprophytic in? How do they work and what do they grow
on? - correct answer ✔largest group of fungi, they grow on dead organic
matter and work to rot or digest that organic matter - very ecologically
important to recycle dead organic matter (fallen trees, dung, animals...)
