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Parasite and Fungi
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Microbiology
11th Grade
12/06/2012

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Mycoses
Definition
fungal infections
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Heterotroph
Definition
ingests food
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Autotroph
Definition
produces it's own food
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Decomposers
Definition
breaks down dead stuff
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Parasite
Definition
lives off of a host
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Host
Definition
provides nutrients to parasite
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Sprophyte
Definition
lives off of dead organic material
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Dermatophytes
Definition
fungus that causes superficial infections of skin
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Dimorphism
Definition
exists in two forms
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Mycology
Definition
study of fungi
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Rhizoids
Definition
structures that anchor fungi
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Systemic
Definition
affects number of tissues and organs
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Infection
Definition
disease caused by the invasion and growth of microscopic parasites
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Antibiosis
Definition
inability to cohabitate
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Symbiosis
Definition
living in close relationship with another
Term
Sporangia
Definition
structures at the end of hyphae that hold spores
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Mycelium
Definition
mass of hyphae
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Trophozoite
Definition
motile feeding stage
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Roundworms
Definition
Nematodes: pinworm, whipworm, Ascaris
Term
Flatworms
Definition
tapeworms & flukes
Term
Fungi
Definition
rusts, mildew, puff balls, yeast
Term
Yeast-like fungi
Definition
Histoplasma, Candida, Cryptococcus
Term
Characteristics of Fungi
Definition
Decomposer, Saprophyte, Heterotroph, Eukaryote, Diporphism, Reproduce asexually by binary fission
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Characteristics of Parasitic Protozoa
Definition
Heterotrophs, Specialization of organelles, Unicellular, Reproduce by binary fission (asexually) or with a sex pilus (sexually)
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