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Mycology
Exam 1
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/13/2009

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Term
heterotrophic
Definition
need another food source
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autotrophic
Definition
make own food source
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fungus
Definition
EUKARYOTIC, HETEROTROPHIC organism ABSORPTIVE nutriton, FILAMENTOUS body and produces by means of SPORES
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chitin
Definition
polysaccharide that makes up cell wall
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cellulose
Definition
recalcitrant organic carbon source
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hypha
Definition
thread that has high surface area to volume ratio that grows from the tip and has adaptability to exploit resources
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mycelium
Definition
mass of hyphae
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E. Fries
Definition
classified fungi
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A. de Bary
Definition
Father of Mycology, modern classification of fungi
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A. Fleming
Definition
discovery of penicillin
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L. Pasteur
Definition
refuted theory of spontaneous generation
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coenocytic
Definition
no cross walls
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septate
Definition
cross walls
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yeast
Definition
single celled septate for budding, fission
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ergosterol
Definition
main sterol in membrane
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spitzenkorper
Definition
discovered golgi apparatus has one cisterna
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aerobic metabolism
Definition
catabolic metabolism that has a net gain of 3 ATP
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meristic
Definition
growth by division
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totipotent
Definition
bisexual spore
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