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)

d. (ans)

4. Multiple Choice (ans)

Think-Pair-Share Questions

1. A woman has taken broad spectrum antibiotics for two weeks to treat a bacterial infection. She subsequently develops vaginitis.

a. Explain what might account for this.

b. Why didn’t the antibiotics prevent the vaginitis?

2. A young child with an immunosuppressive disorder and living in an urban area routinely played on the roof of the building he lived in. Pigeons frequently roosted on that roof. The child subsequently developed a respiratory infection followed by symptoms of meningitis.

a. What infection might be expected and why?

b. What might the lab look for in the spinal fluid to help confirm this?

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