BESC 204 Final Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
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BESC 204 Final Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
The puccinia pathway refers to - Answer-the long distance transports of Urediospores of the wheat rust fungus during the growing season
the lipophilic yeast associated with dandruff - Answer-Malasezzia
Infection with this dimorphic fun...
BESC 204 Final Exam Questions
and Answers All Correct
The puccinia pathway refers to - Answer-the long distance transports of Urediospores of
the wheat rust fungus during the growing season
the lipophilic yeast associated with dandruff - Answer-Malasezzia
Infection with this dimorphic fungus in thrush and "yeast infections" - Answer-Candida
this is the genus of fungi associated with Keratitis, an eye infection associated with the
use of Bausch and Lomb brand contact solution in 2006 - Answer-Fusarium
the Salem witch trials have been attributed to the poisonings related to this fungal
disease - Answer-Ergot of rye
When a sporangium of Phytophthora infesting germinates - Answer-either the
sporangium produces a germ tube that forms an appresorium and infects the host / the
sporangium produces zoospores that encyst and infect the host
secondary metabolites produced by fungi that have a detrimental effect on humans, or
animals are called - Answer-mycotoxins
these are the symptoms associated with gangrene ergotism - Answer-restricted blood
flow to the extremities / burning sensations in hand and feet / limbs turn black and falling
off
this scientist was one of the 3 who received a novel prize for contributions toward the
discovery and clinical use of penicillin - Answer-Flemming
this fungal secondary metabolite is used to lower your cholesterol levels - Answer-
Lovastatin
This is the name used in class for the fungal structure characterized by a compact mass
of hyphae with or without tissue, usually with a darkened rind, and capable of surviving
unfavorable environmental conditions - Answer-Scleotium
What was the name of the toxin implicated in the pet food poisonings throughout the US
several times in the last 10 years - Answer-Aflatoxin
This mycotoxin has been associated with esophageal cancer in humans - Answer-
Fumonisin
, This class of mycotoxins was circumstantially associated with the yellow rain incident
described in your textbook - Answer-Tricothecene
A fungus that can grow in yeast form and hyphal form - Answer-Dimorphic
All of the following are factors in the recent increase in human mycoses - Answer-Rise
in immune-compromised individuals / Aging populations / Fungi have only recently
gained the ability to be pathogenic to humans / Improved diagnosis has changed
perception
With what disease system is the concept of hypovirulence commonly associated -
Answer-Chestnut blight
The fungus responsible for the chestnut disease is called - Answer-Cryphonectria
parasitica
Late blight of potato and tomato that was associated wit the great famine in Ireland in
the 1800s. the causal organism is an oomycetes that is necrotrophic. Both mating types
of Phytophthora infestans have been distributed throughout the world since the late
1800s, thus making genetic vatiation of the pathogen the main difficulty in controlling the
disease - Answer-True
The long "thread-like" tubular structures that is the basic cellular unit of filamentous
fungi - Answer-Hypha
A swelling on a germ tube or hypha (typically of plant pathogenic fungi) that adheres to
the surface of the host, and facilitates subsequent penetration of the host - Answer-
Appresorium
Flagellate, motile spores - Answer-Zoospores
The characteristic mode of growth of filamentous fungi in which all new growth occurs
only at the advancing cell tip - Answer-Polarized Growth
This is the concept that 2 organisms that look alike must be the same species - Answer-
Morphologic Species
This is the concept that 2 organisms that share DNA sequences must be the same
species - Answer-Phylogenic Species
Short, backwardly directed branches on hyphae of dikaryotic Basidiomycota. These
provide a bypass for one of the dikaryotic nuclei produced during conjugate nuclear
division. This structure assures maintenance of the dikaryon in the hyphae - Answer-
Clamp Connection
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