30 Questions
What is a characteristic feature of fungi?
Presence of chitinous cell walls
Which substance do fungi lack, leading them to absorb nutrients from the environment?
Chlorophyll
What is the most common growth requirement for fungi?
Moisture
Which material do fungi use to build their cell walls?
Chitin
What is the primary nutritional requirement for fungi?
Carbon
Which type of reproduction is common among fungi?
Asexual reproduction
What is unique about the mitochondrion mentioned in the text?
It can produce its own proteins on mitoribosomes.
What is the role of ribosomes in a fungal cell?
They are involved in protein biosynthesis.
What are the two basic morphological types of microscopic fungi?
Yeasts and hyphae
Which organelle is responsible for exporting proteins from the cell?
Golgi apparatus
Which type of fungi is characterized by forming blastoconidia through budding?
Yeast
What is the main function of microtubules mentioned in the text?
Facilitating chromosome and nuclei movement
What is the structure formed by the elongation of blastoconidia in yeasts?
Pseudohyphae
What is the role of polysomes in a fungal cell?
Lines of ribosomes for protein synthesis
How does the classification of fungi relate to phylogenetic considerations?
It bears some similarities to phylogenetic considerations.
How do yeasts reproduce asexually?
By budding to form blastoconidia
Which type of cell lacks cytoplasmic connections and forms pseudohyphae?
Yeast cell
What is the term for a collection of hyphae in fungi?
Mycelium
What is the name of the airborne spores used by many ascomycetes for asexual reproduction?
Conidia
What is the characteristic pigmentation of conidia responsible for?
Giving color to the mold spores
In yeasts, how does asexual reproduction typically occur?
Via budding
What is the nutritional mode where fungi feed on animal dung known as?
Saprobes
Which group of fungi includes many species that cause serious plant diseases like Dutch elm disease?
Ascomycota
What unique feature of sexual reproduction is found in some ascomycetes and zygomycetes?
- and - mating strains
How do spores of fungi typically disperse after being discharged from the basidia?
By air currents
Which phylum of fungi is known for having a sexual reproductive phase involving ascospores?
Ascomycota
In which group of fungi is sexual reproduction never observed and is restricted to asexual reproduction?
Deuteromycota
Which type of fungi predominantly reproduces by the production of asexual conidiospores?
Ascomycota
Which group of fungi in the text does not have any known sexual reproductive phase?
Basidiomycota
Which phylum of fungi lacks cross walls in their hyphae and primarily reproduces through motile zoospores?
Chytridiomycota
Test your knowledge on the structure and functions of the mitochondrion and ribosomes in cells. Learn about mitoribosomes, protein biosynthesis, and the role of ribosomes in fungal cells.
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