Bio 112 Exam 1 Study Guide

Sources of energy for photoautotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria

Retroviruses
Parts of fungi
Edible mushrooms are in what group?
Difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Characteristics of protists and algae
Diatoms, gree and brown alga, flagellates, dinoflagellates
How many kingdoms are recognized by biologists today?
Who developed the system of nomenclature?
Bacteria
Know the different morphologies (shapes)
Know characteristics of paramecium, plasmodium, amoeba, giardia, trypanosoma,
How can they be harmful?
Bacteriophages
Types of protists
Know the parts of a scientific name.
Genus
Epithet
What are the methods of protist locomotion?
Know examples of protists for each type of locomotion
How do fungi digest and absorb their food?
How do fungi differ from plants?
Be able to match the type of fungus with its division
What polysaccharide makes up the cell walls of fungi?
Characteristics of halophiles, thermophiles, cyanobacteria, eubacteria
What is a lichen?
Fungi
Hyphae, septae, mycelium
Reproductive structures
What allows communication or the spread of viruses between the cells in plants?
Know the types of algae and where they can be found
What does it mean if a fungus is coenocytic?
How do bacteria reproduce?
Describe the symbiotic relationships
Parasitism, Mutualism, Commensalism
What is the difference between a virulent (lytic) phage and a lysogenic phage?
What are the five stages of lytic infection?
What are plasmids?
Know the difference between anaerobic bacteria and aerobic bacteria
Determine if they are obligate or facultative
What economic goods are fungi used to produce?
Biological hierarchy
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species