BESC 204 Exam 2 Question and answers
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Phytophthora infestans - correct answer ✔Fungi (an oomycete) that caused
the great potato famine
Potato famine -- late blight of potatoes
Direct germination - correct answer ✔
Indirect germination - correct answer ✔
Antheridium - correct answer ✔the male sex organ of spore-producing plants
Oogonium - correct answer ✔Specialized structure formed by hyphae that
produces female Nuclei
Plasmopora viticola - correct answer ✔oomycete responsible for grape
downey mildew. led to the Bordeaux Mixture a copper sulfate spray by
Profeesor Millardet
Obligate pathogen - correct answer ✔can not grow outside of its host
Pityriasis versicolor - correct answer ✔fungal skin disease leads to patches
of skin with different pigmentation
Dermatophytosis - correct answer ✔Fungal infection of the skin; ringworm
, Candida albicans - correct answer ✔Thrush
Causes diaper rash
Dimorphic Fungus b/c it can grow in both yeast form and filamentous form
Filamentous - correct answer ✔Having long threads or fibers;hyphae
Yeast form Fungi - correct answer ✔solitary cell that reproduces through
budding
Germ theory - correct answer ✔the idea that diseases are caused by small
organisms called microorganisms
louis pasteur - correct answer ✔French chemist and biologist whose
discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the
process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
peptidoglycan - correct answer ✔Rigid layer that provides strength to cell
wall
penicillin - correct answer ✔group of antibiotics discovered by alexander
fleming
cyclosporine - correct answer ✔Immunosuppressant
Sporotrichosis - correct answer ✔traumatic implantation of Sporothrix fungus
into subcutaneous tissue, most prevalent among those working in soil.
generally localized at site of injury
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