Chitin
in their cell wall (Fungi)
Fungi
achlorophyllous, eukaryotic, spore bearing
Yeast
Eukaryotic and unicellular • usually spherical or oval
budding, fission
Yeast reproduce asexually by
ascospores
Yeast reproduce sexually by
Yeast
• considered the most important single microorganism from an industrial standpoint (important in alcohol and wine production, leavening of bread,
fruits, flowers and bark of trees
flourish in habitats where sugars are found such as
Glucan, mannan, protein, lipid, glucosamine
Yeast cell wall made up of
Schizosaccharomyces, Nadsonia and Rhodotorula
mannan absent in
. Saccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces, Nadsonia
Ascomycetous yeast
Leucosporidium, Rhodosporidium
Basidiomycetous yeast
Rhodotorula Candida, Torulopsis
Deuteromycetous
Candidas albicans
cause thrushdisease of humans
Molds
eukaryotic and multicellular •filamentous fungi
Chitin, polymer of N-acetylglucosamine
Mold cell wall mostly contain
Molds
• heterotrophic with most being saprophytic while others are parasitic or pathogenic • have enzymes for digesting a wide variety of substances like feathers, hair, cellulose,
hyphae
Molds are made up of long, thread-like structures
Mycelium
the hyphae are intertwined together to form the body of the mold which is called
Spores
Molds reproduce sexually and asexually by
Dermatomycoses
Molds cause human diseases such as
Septated
with cross walls dividing hyphae into segments
Coenocytic
c no cross walls; consists of one long, continuous cell not divided into compartments
Vegetative hyphae
mainly function for penetration and absorption of nutrients from the substrate
Reproductive hyphae
arise from the vegetative hyphae and are responsible for the production of fungal reproductive structures called spores
Fragmentation
Molds reproduce by simple outward growth of existing hyphae, by
Asexual spores
product of mitotic division of a single parent cell
Rhizopus
Asexual spores example
Sporangiospores
formed by successive division of a sac-like head called sporangium, attached to a stalk, the sporangiophore
Conidiospores or conidia
free spores not enclosed by a spore-bearing sac;
Arthrospores
rectangular conidia spores formed when septate hyphae fragment at cross walls
Oidium sp.
arthrospores example
Oidium sp.
causes powdery mildew disease of crops
Chlamydospores
spherical conidium formed by thickening of hyphal cell; • released when hypha fractures; serve as survival or resting cell
Fusarium sp.
chlamydospore example
Blastospore
produced by budding from a parent cell; also called bud
Phialospore
a conidium that is budded from the mouth of a vaseshaped spore-bearing cell
Phialide
mouth of a vaseshaped spore-bearing cell called
Aspergillus
Phialospore example
Microconidium and macroconidium
small and large conidia formed by same fungus
Microconidium
are one-celled
Macroconidium
have 2 or more cell
Fusarium sp.
example of Microconidium and Macroconidium
Phorospore
a conidium that grows out through small pores in the sporebearing cell
Phoma sp.
Phorospore example
Sexual spores
formed from fusion of fertile hyphae of 2 different strains, union of differentiated male and female structures and development of special fruiting structures
Zygospores
diploid spores formed when hyphae of opposite strains fuse and create a diploid zygote that swells
Zygomycetes ex. Rhizopus
Zygospores are Produced by fungal class
Ascospores
haploid spores found inside a sac called ascus
Ascomycetes
Ascospores are produced by fungal class
Erysiphe sp.
ascospores examples
Basidiospores
haploid sexual spores formed on the outside of a club-shaped cell called basidium
Basidiomycetes
Basidiospores are produced by fungal class
Agaricus sp. , Volvariella sp.
examples of basidiospores
Amastigomycota
produce sexual and asexual spores (Perfect Fungi)
Mastigomycota
Imperfect fungi •Do not produce spores
Mostly sporangiospores, conidia
Zygomycota asexual spores
Rhizopus artocarpi
fruitlet rot of jackfruit
Choanephora cucurbitarum
fruitlet rot of jackfruit; also affects flower and fruits of squash
Microsporum, Trichopython, Epidermopython
ascomycota that causes ringworm
Talaromyces
– cause post Penicillium (asexual) harvest diseases
Eurotium
cause rots of Aspergillus (asexual) vegetable
Puccinia polysora (basidiomycota)
corn rust
Puccinia arachidis (basidiomycota)
peanut rust
Ustilago maydis
corn smut
Volvariella volvacea
mushroom
Auricularia auricola
rat’s ear
Mycelia sterilia group
do not form spores but produce sclerotial bodies
Deuteromycota
asexual spores: conidia of various types, hyphae: septate
Sclerotium rolfsii
mungbean wilt
Helminthosporium maydis (Bipolaris maydis)
brown spot of corn
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
mango anthracnose
Rhizoctonia solani
cause sheath blight of rice and rots in vegetables and other crops
Kingdom Straminophila
–now commonly called fungal-like organisms.
Glucans
Straminophila Cell wall –made up of
Sporangiospores
Asexual spores of Oomycetes
Oospores
Sexual spores of Oomycetes
Coenocytic
Hyphae of oomycota
Pythium sp.
cause damping off of seedlings
Phytophthora infestans
aused the potato famine in Europe (due to potato late blight epidemic) – This caused the migration of Europeans to America and Canada.
Phytophthora palmivora
Jackfruit decline and seedling dieback
Phytophthora palmivora
Cacao pod rot
Pseudoperonospora cubensis
Downy mildew of cucurbits
Conidiospores
Basidiomycota asexual spores
Incomplete septate
hyphae of Basidiomycota
usually non-septate, if septated, it is incomplete
hyphae of Zygomycota