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Microbiology Question and answers rated A+ 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 On...

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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...)

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