BIOLOGY - UNIT 6: MICROBIOLOGY

Select the kingdoms where all prokaryotes are classified.

Archaea, Eubacteria

Ascomycota is an example of a kingdom.

False

Fungi are prokaryotes.

False

The fuzzy-looking structures in a mold colony are called sporangium.

False

Select the kingdoms where all eukaryotes are classified.

Fungi, Plantae, Protista, Animalia

Select reasons that members of the phylum Chytridiomycota are sometimes grouped in the kingdom Protista, rather than the kingdom Fungi.

Most members are aquatic. The reproductive cells have flagellum.

Who is credited with discovering penicillin?

Sir Alexander Fleming

mycelia

a group of hyphae

budding

asexual reproduction of yeast

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

baker's yeast

fermentation

break down of complex molecules into simpler ones

Agaricus bisporis

common edible mushroom

Ceratocystis ulmi

elm tree parasite

hyphae

multi-nucleated thread-like structures of fungi

symbiosis

mutually positive relationship between two species

rhizoids

mycelia responsible for obtaining food from non-living organic material

host

plant or animal which supports a parasite

saprophyte

plant that lives on decaying organic matter

Penicillium chrysogenum

produces common antibiotic

spores

reproductive cells which can tolerate bad conditions

fruiting

structures which house the reproductive formation

phylum

taxonomic category within a kingdom