Self Quiz for Fungi: Yeast

Self Quiz for Fungi: Yeast

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Briefly describe a typical yeast and state how it reproduces asexually. (ans)

2. Match the following:

_____ Reproductive spores produced by yeast by budding. (ans)

_____ Thick walled survival spores produced by the yeast Candida. (ans)

_____Long, continuous fungal filaments produced by dimorphic yeast. (ans)

a. hyphae
b. blastoconidia (blastospores)
c. chlamydoconidia (chlamydospores)

3.* Name 3 potentially pathogenic yeasts and state the infections each causes.

a. (ans)

b. (ans)

c. (ans)

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