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Other Terms: Puffballs, Molds, Mushrooms.: Mycology - The Study of Fungi Gk. Myces

Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that obtain nutrients through absorption. They lack stems and roots and do not produce chlorophyll. There are over 100,000 known fungal species, many of which are important to ecosystems and industries like food production, though some 200 species can cause disease in humans and other organisms. Fungi have cell walls composed primarily of complex carbohydrates like glucans, mannans, and the most important component, chitin. They can live as heterotrophs, saprotrophs, or parasites and are more resistant to osmotic pressure than other organisms.

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Other Terms: Puffballs, Molds, Mushrooms.: Mycology - The Study of Fungi Gk. Myces

Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that obtain nutrients through absorption. They lack stems and roots and do not produce chlorophyll. There are over 100,000 known fungal species, many of which are important to ecosystems and industries like food production, though some 200 species can cause disease in humans and other organisms. Fungi have cell walls composed primarily of complex carbohydrates like glucans, mannans, and the most important component, chitin. They can live as heterotrophs, saprotrophs, or parasites and are more resistant to osmotic pressure than other organisms.

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MCRBIO2 – Mycology-Virology Oxygen Reqt Aerobic, RT– molds Facultative

Facultative anaerobes;
Mycology – the study of fungi; Gk. Myces – anaerobes, BT – Anaerobes
Yeasts
mushroom/fungus
pH pH 5 Neutral
Other terms: puffballs, molds, mushrooms.
Antibiotic Polyenes, Imidazole, Penicillin,
bracket fungi, mildew Sensitivity Griseofulxin Tetracycline,
Aminoglycosides
Importance:
-Major component of the ecosystem Cell Wall:
-Food source 1. Outer – Mannans
- more than 100,000 spp, 200 are pathogenic 2. Middle – Glucans (B-glucans)
-Antibiotic src. (Penicillin from P. notatum) 3. Inner – Chitins – most important
-Symbiosis – aiding inabsorption of water and
minerals Fungi
- obtains nutrients through absorption
*Saccharomyces cerevisiae – Yeast used in - has organelles ( mitochondria, ER,
breadmaking microbodies, fungal cytoskeleton,
*Mycorrhizae – mutualistic relationship of microtubule organizing center)
fungi and roots - May posses:
* Fungal infections are more common among 1. Vacuoles
immunocompromised patients 2. Glycogen
3. Multivesicular Bodies –
FUNGI Spizenkorper – organizational
- thallophytes (w/ true nucleus) center for growth and
*thallic-pahaba morphogenesis. (supports
- eukaryotic organisms (has directional growth of hypha)
organelles) *Some are capsulated – made from
- heterotrophic organisms – obtain POLYSACCARIDES (Cryptococcus neoformans
nourishment from organic sources – cause fungal meningitis)
- Differentiated from plants through
1. lack of stems and roots - They may live as:
2. does not produce chlorophyll 1. heterotrophs
POD Fungi Bacteria 2. saprotrophs – decaying matter
Type Eukaryotic Prokaryotic 3. parasites
Cell -Has ergosterols -does not have - they are more resistant to osmotic
Membrane ;semipermeable and sterols pressure (high salt concentration)
is a lipid bilayer
- normal flora of mouth and intestinal
tract
- 2 forms:
Cell Wall Composed of Peptidoglycan 1. Mold – more dry and cottony
complex CHO 1. NAG
1. glucans 2. NAM 2. Yeast – creamy and moist
2. mannans
3. chitin !
Spores Sexual and Asexual Endospores not
(Conidia!) for reproduction;
some are asexual
Metabolism Heterotrophic/ Heterotrophic
Chemoheterotrophic Photoautotrophic
Chemoauto
trophic

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