Exam 18: Diversity of Microbial Eukarya

Diatoms are

A geologist going through a sediment core is likely to find remnants of ancient calcium carbonate containing ________ and silica containing ________.

A polymer of N-acetyl-glucosamine, chitin, is a primary component to most fungal cell walls.

Compare and contrast the ectomycorrhizae and the endomycorrhizae.

A thin, crescent-shaped organism with a single flagellum originating from a basal body and which folds back laterally across the cell would most likely be a member of the genus

Primary endosymbioses gave rise to ________ and secondary endosymbioses gave rise to ________.

The endosymbiosis that formed mitochondria likely occurred after eukaryotes developed photosynthetic capabilities.

Endolithic phototrophic communities are most commonly found in ________ environments.

Which statement best describes our current understanding of the eukaryotic phylogenetic tree?

Many parabasalids lack ________, which makes them different than most other eukaryotes.

Silica is a characteristic component of diatom and oomycete cell walls.

One of the earliest diverging lineages of fungi is the

Compare and contrast the life cycles of the cellular and the acellular slime molds.

Obligate symbiotic fungi that form associations with plants by entering their cortical cells without invading the plant cellʹs membrane are called ________ and include the genus ________.

The amoebozoa that are parasitic for humans are the

Ascospores are produced in all of the following taxa EXCEPT