FUNGI - MOLDS AND YEASTS QUIZ

Which of the following is not a member of the division Ascomycota?

Rhizopus

Claviceps

Penicillium

Aspergillus

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Water molds belong to which division?

Chytridiomycota

Oomycota

Ascomycota

Basidiomycota

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Fungi differ from the other eukaryotic microbes in having

chloroplasts

ergosterol

an undulating membrane

flagella

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The amount of chitin in the cell walls of the Plasmodium

None of these

is equal to the water mold mycelium

is lesser than the water mold mycelium

is greater than the water mold mycelium

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The number of sets of chromosomes in a dikaryotic cell

none of these

is greater than diploid cell

is equal to diploid cell

is lesser than diploid cell

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Name the asexual spore(s)?

Arthospores

All of these

Sporangiospore

Conidia

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Fungi are important to food webs because

they have prokaryotic cell structure

they serve as key decomposers of dead organic matter

they are photoautotrophs

they generate antibiotics that kill competing plants and animals

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Yeast play an important role in the alcohol industry, converting pyruvic acid into carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol by the process of

Krebs cycle

respiration

fermentation

glycolysis

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An organism in the Deuteromycota has all the following except

asexual spores

a nucleus

ascospores, basidiospores or zygospores

absorptive nutrition

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Which of the following does not represent a human disease caused by fungi?

Jock itch

Malaria

Cryptococcosis

Ringworm

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