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| technical name for the filaments of fungi |
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unicellular - yeasts
filamentous - molds
massive - mushrooms |
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| use extracellular enzymes to break food into components small enough to be taken in |
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| structures on most massive fungi through which spores produced via MEIOSIS are distributed |
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| the stalk of a massive fungus, made up of many hyphae bound together |
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| four significant roles played by fungi |
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plant disease
animal disease
commercial products
decomposition |
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| plant diseases are mostly caused by fungi or bacteria? |
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| fungi, not bacteria, cause most plant diseases |
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| the organism that caused the late blight of potatoes |
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| a disease of grass plants, mostly rye grains, in which the ovary is destroyed and replaced with a toxic black structure |
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| fungal animal diseases that affect the skin, hair, and nails |
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| fungal animal diseases that infect deep tissues, usually as a result of a compromised immune system |
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| describes a species that exists on earth now |
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| the process of controlled evolution, usually in the raising of crops or domestic animals |
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| differential reproductive success |
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| the concept that individuals with the most efficent characteristics, decided by the environment, are more likely to survive, reproduce, and pass on their genes |
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| the development of a new species |
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| the point on the phylogenic tree at which a new species develops |
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| refers to the accumulation of complex molecules in an aqueous body on the early earth |
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| bonbardment phase of earth |
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| a period of about 800 million years during which time tons of organic molecules bombarded the earth's surface from comets, asteroids, and meteorites |
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| aggregations of molecules in water surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane about the same size as a bacterial cell |
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| refers to the accumulation of complex molecules in an aqueous body on the early earth |
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| bonbardment phase of earth |
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| a period of about 800 million years during which time tons of organic molecules bombarded the earth's surface from comets, asteroids, and meteorites |
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| aggregations of molecules in water surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane about the same size as a bacterial cell |
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| algae that exist with or without flagella |
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| algal cells are connected together in an organized pattern |
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| algal cells are connected end-to-end |
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| macroscopic algae, including seaweed and kelp |
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| a type of unicellular algae that float freely in water |
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| a type of unicellular algae with two flagella to move up and down and rotate |
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| a type of unicellular algae that lack cellulose plates and instead have a tough plasma membrane |
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| the ability of some algae to produce a flash of light to frighten predators |
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| an accumulation of algal species in a body of water |
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toxins released into the water during algal cells' growth and death
commonly occur in coastal areas |
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| a type of algae that produces enzymes to digest organisms infected with toxins |
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| PSP/paralytic shellfish poisoning |
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an infection characterized by respiratory failure and nerve paralysis
usually contracted from the ingestion of bad filter feeding species |
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an infection characterized by gastric upset and neuroligical symptoms that can last from weeks to years
common only in subtropical and tropical waters
caused by toxins produced by G. Toxicus |
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| a type of algae that are symbient with corals, anemones, jellyfish, sponges, etc. and provide glucose via photosynthesis to obtain CO2 and nitrogen |
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| a phenomenon characterized by death of sea animals after a large number of symbient algae leave the ecosystem |
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| coccolithophorids/golden algae |
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an algal species characterized by disks, or coccoliths, on the outside of their cells
often called nanoplankton due to their small size |
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a layer at the bottom of the ocean floor caused by accumulating coccoliths
eventually compacted into chalk |
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unicellular algal subspecies of golden algae found in fresh and marine water
characterized by cell walls made up of two separate portions of silica |
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a layer on the ocean floor caused by accumulating diatom cells
used for filtering, insulation, and polishes |
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the largest type of algae
most commonly known as kelp
grow in cooler waters on rocky shores |
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| a compound found in the walls of brown algae that is useful commercially because of its ability to absorb huge amounts of water compared to its mass |
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| the process of diversification of a species into many new species in a relatively short period of time |
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| new ecological opportunities that were not exploited by an ancestral species |
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| the production of random evolutionary changes in a small population |
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