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| Excavates are a group under the ___ group. They are made up of five smaller groups: diplomonads, parabasalids, heteroloboseans, euglenids and kinetoplastids. Several are parasitic and also lack a ___, which is a derived trait (remember: the anscestor to all eukaryotes had one). |
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| Trypanosomes belong to the ___ group, which belongs to the ___ group, which belongs to the eukaryotic group. |
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| Most excavates ___ have chloroplasts, although some do through ___ endosymbiosis with green algae. |
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| Euglenids are a group under ___, which belong to the eukaryotic group. They swim with the help of a flagellum located at their ___ end. Photosynthetic euglenids use chlorophyll a and b, but store energy as ___, NOT starch. |
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excavates
anterior
paramylon |
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| Excavates ONLY reproduce through ___ reproduction. |
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| By definition, unikonts have a single ___. Opisthokonts have their ___ located at their ___ end. |
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flagellum
flagellum
posterior |
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| Opisthokonts are a member of the ___ group, which are eukaryotes. They are made up of fungi, animals and choanoflagellates. |
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| Fungi obtain their nutrients by secreting ___ onto organic matter and absorbing it. |
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| All fungi share two characteristics: absorptive heterotrophy and a chitinous ___ distinct from bacteria and plants. |
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| Fungi can be uni- or multicellular. Unicellular fungi are known as ___. In multicellular species the body is known as the ___, and individual filaments are called ___. These ___ can either be separated by ___, or be non-separated, ___. |
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yeast
mycelium
hyphae
hyphae
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| The "Humongous Fungus," an Armillaria gallica, was found in 1992 in ___ and is celebrated at the Fungus Fest. It was ___ acres (15 hectares) large. |
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Crystall Falls, Michigan
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| The "Even More Humongous Fungus" was found in 2000 in Oregon. It was ___ acres (900 hectares) large. It was estimated to be more than 2,400 years old and is an Armillaria solidipes. |
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| Fungi can either be saprobic or parasitic (feeding on dead or live organic matter, relatively). If they are parasitic, they can either be ___ or ___. Blumeria graminis is an obligate pathogen. |
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facultative (can switch between saprobic and parasitic)
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| Fungi can be pathogenic and even predators. Candida albicans is found in patients with HIV. The decline in amphibian population is due to a ___ fungus. |
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| Fungi can form mutalisms with other organisms. A ___ is a fungal association with a photosynthetic microbial organism. A ___ is an association between a fungus and plant roots. |
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| A mycorrhizae is a relationship between a fungus and plant root. It can be extracellular (___-mycorrhizae) or intracellular (___ mycorrhizae). The fungus uptakes normally unobtainable materials like ___ ions and they are in turn granted access to ___ and energy. |
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