Communicable Disease 4 - Protists & Fungi

• is bacteria a eukaryotic organisms?

  no
• Are fungi unicellular, multicellular, or can they be either? 

  can be either
• 1. Rose black spot is a fungal disease that causes purple or black spots develop on leaves, which then often turn yellow and drop off.
• It can be spread by water, or the wind
• 1. Treatment involves spraying the infected plants with fungicides, or destroying the affected leaves. 
• Protists are considered  ? . This means that they live on, or in, a host organism, and get their food at the expense of their host.

  parasites
• Protists are often transported between hosts by other organisms. We call these other organisms:

  vectors
• The organisms that cause malaria are a type of what ?

  protist
• Suggest three ways we might try to reduce the spread of malaria?

  Stop the mosquito vectors from spreading the protists 

  Destroy the mosquito breeding sites 

  Kill the mosquito with insecticides 

  Use mosquito nets

  Use mosquito repellent