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==<font color="purple">Fungi</font>==

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|q1=What is mycology?

|a1=The study of fungi

|l1=Fungi - Wikiblood

|q2=What is the function of the cell membrane?

|a2=

|<big>'''What is mycology?'''

*First line of defence preventing toxic materials entering the cell

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*Important in the degredation of extra-cellular nutrients

*'''''The study of fungi'''''

|l2=Fungi - Wikiblood#Structure

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|q3=Which substances are stored in the cytoplasm in granules?

|a3=

|<big>'''What is the function of the cell membrane?'''

*Fats

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*Glycogen

*'''''First line of defence preventing toxic materials entering the cell'''''

*Protein

*'''''Important in the degredation of extra-cellular nutrients'''''

|l3=Fungi - Wikiblood#Structure

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|q4=What are the main characteristics of filamentous fungi?

|a4=

|<big>'''Which substances are stored in the cytoplasm in granules?'''

*Branching hyphae

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*Hyphae grow to form a mycelium

*'''''Fats'''''

*Aerial hyphae produce conidiospores and sporangiospores

*'''''Glycogen'''''

*Conidia are also produced which are asexual spores

*'''''Protein'''''

|l4=Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Structure|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|q5=What are the main characteristics of dimorphic fungi?

|a5=

|<big>'''What are the main characteristics of filamentous fungi?'''

*Develop into a mycelium or another form depending on environmental conditions

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*Yeast-like parasitic phase

*'''''Branching hyphae'''''

*Mycelial saphrophytic phase

*'''''Hyphae grow to form a mycelium'''''

*Show phenotypic duality

*'''''Aerial hyphae produce conidiospores and sporangiospores'''''

|l5=Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi

*'''''Conidia are also produced which are asexual spores'''''

|q6=How would you recognise yeast cells?

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|a6=

*Oval or round in shape

|<big>'''What are the main characteristics of dimorphic fungi?'''

*a6=3µm to 5µm in diameter

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Reproduce by budding

*'''''Develop into a mycelium or another form depending on environmental conditions'''''

*Yeasts can assimilate sugar and nitrogen and ferment various sugar compounds

*'''''Yeast-like parasitic phase'''''

*Can produce pseudohyphae

*'''''Mycelial saphrophytic phase'''''

|l6=Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi

*'''''Show phenotypic duality'''''

|q7=What are the three types of fungal spore produced?

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|a7=

*Sexual

|<big>'''How would you recognise yeast cells?'''

*Asexual

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*Vegetative

*'''''Oval or round in shape'''''

|l7=Fungi - Wikiblood#Fungal Reproduction

*'''''3µm to 5µm in diameter'''''

|q8=Fill in the missing words about immunity to fungal infections:<p>Cutaneous and superficial fungal infections are normally ... with recovery associated with a ... to re-infection. As hosts often develop delayed-type ... this resistance appears to be ... .</P>

*'''''Reproduce by budding'''''

|a8=

*'''''Yeasts can assimilate sugar and nitrogen and ferment various sugar compounds'''''

*'''''Can produce pseudohyphae'''''

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Types of Fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

*Cell-mediated

|<big>'''What are the three types of fungal spore produced?'''

|l8=Fungi - Wikiblood#Immunity to fungi

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*'''''Sexual'''''

*'''''Asexual'''''

*'''''Vegetative'''''

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Fungal Reproduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]

|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about immunity to fungal infections'''

||<big>Cutaneous and superficial fungal infections are normally <font color="white">'''''self-limiting'''''</font> with recovery associated with a <font color="white">'''''resistance'''''</font> to re-infection. As hosts often develop delayed-type <font color="white">'''''hypersensitivity'''''</font> this resistance appears to be <font color="white">'''''cell-mediated'''''</font>.

||[[Fungi - Wikiblood#Immunity to fungi|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]