GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

8. FUNGI

Review Questions for Chapter 8

1. What features do Fungi share with plants and animals?

2. What is the taxonomic position of fungi among living organisms?

3. What Functions are performed by the Structural components of the fungal Cell?

4. What is dimorphism? Describe the variations of mycelial growth.

5. By what means does reproduction occur in fungi?

6. What features of sexual reproduction are characteristic of lower fungi, ascomycetes, and Basidiomycetes?

7. Characterize the classes of fungi belonging to the division Eumycota. 8. What changes has fungal Taxonomy undergone As a result of ribosomal RNA nucleotide sequence analysis? How do the Classification systems of D.L. Hawksworth, L. Margulis and K.V. Schwartz, and T. Cavalier-Smith differ from one another?

9. What BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES are synthesized by fungi? Which metabolites are classified as Primary and secondary?

10. How do environmental factors affect the physiological activity of fungi?

11. Characterize the ecological groups of fungi.



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