BIOLOGY - UNIT 6: MICROBIOLOGY

Select the kingdoms where all prokaryotes are classified.

Archaea, Eubacteria

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

False

spores

reproductive cells which can tolerate bad conditions

phylum

taxonomic category within a kingdom

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.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

baker's yeast

Ceratocystis ulmi

elm tree parasite

Ascomycota is an example of a kingdom.

False

Select the kingdoms where all eukaryotes are classified.

Fungi, Plantae, Protista Animalia

Who is credited with discovering penicillin?

Sir Alexander Fleming

Agaricus bisporis

common edible mushroom

hyphae

multi-nucleated thread-like structures of fungi

host

plant or animal which supports a parasite

saprophyte

plant that lives on decaying organic matter

Penicillium chrysogenum

produces common antibiotic

Fungi are prokaryotes.

False

fruiting

structures which house the reproductive formation

budding

asexual reproduction of yeast

symbiosis

mutually positive relationship between two species

rhizoids

mycelia responsible for obtaining food from non-living organic material

mycelia

asexual reproduction of yeast

fermentation

break down of complex molecules into simpler ones