MicroBiology-Draft/Sample

(Steven Felgate) #1

  1. Animals belong to the same supergroup as the kingdom __.

  2. Flukes are in class _____.

  3. A species of worm in which there are distinct male and female individuals is described as _____.

  4. Nonseptate hyphae are also called _____.

  5. Unicellular fungi are called _____.

  6. Some fungi have proven medically useful because they can be used to produce _____.

  7. Structures in chloroplasts used to synthesize and store starch are called ____.

  8. Algae with chloroplasts with three or four membranes are a result of ____ ____.


Short Answer



  1. What are kinetoplastids?

  2. Aside from a risk of birth defects, what other effect might a toxoplasmosis infection have?

  3. What is the function of the ciliate macronucleus?

  4. What is the best defense against tapeworm infection?

  5. Which genera of fungi are common dermatophytes (fungi that cause skin infections)?

  6. What is a dikaryotic cell?

  7. What is a distinctive feature of diatoms?

  8. Why are algae not considered parasitic?

  9. Which groups contain the multicellular algae?

  10. What are three ways that lichens are environmentally valuable?


Critical Thinking



  1. The protist shown in the picture has which of the following?
    a. pseudopodia
    b. flagella
    c. a shell
    d. cilia


Figure 5.40 (credit: modification of work by Richard Robinson)


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