1. Introduction to Microbiology

Although plants and fungi are very similar, fungi do not have…

Plants and algae are very similar, however algae…

Which of these answers about helminths is true?

Why do many microbiologists study helminths if they are technically not microscopic?

Which of the following is used to classify organisms into the Kingdom Fungi?

a. Ability to photosynthesize; possess a cell wall

b. Unicellular; possess cell wall; prokaryotic

c. Unicellular; lacking cell wall; eukaryotic

d. Absorptive; possess cell wall; eukaryotic

e. Ingestive; lacking cell wall; multicellular; prokaryotic

Use the following choices to answer the following question:

1. Metacercaria

2. Redia

3. Adult

4. Miracidium

5. Cercaria

Put the preceding stages in order of development, beginning with the egg.

a. 5, 4, 1, 2, 3

b. 4, 2, 5, 1, 3

c. 2, 5, 4, 3, 1

d. 3, 4, 5, 1, 2

e. 2, 4, 5, 1, 3

Which of the following statements about yeasts are true?

Which of the following events follows cell fusion in an ascomycete?

a. Conidiophore formation

b. Conidiospore germination

c. Ascus opening

d. Ascospore formation

e. Conidiospore release