Lab Act 5

• Bacteria were the first known forms of life, with fossils dating back over 3 billion years
• Bacteria are, without a doubt, the most abundant life on this planet and probably the most diverse in terms of the number of species
• Bacteria have been adapted to every conceivable habitat, and, in some cases, they are the only forms of life that occupy some of the harshest environments on the planet
• Fungi were once classified as plants although they are not autotrophic
• Fungi


  Heterotrophs that have been adapted to every conceivable habitat
• There are some fungi that have symbiotic relationships with autotrophs, but it is the symbiotic and not the fungi that are photosynthesizing
• Fungi


  • Mostly multicellular organisms
  • Have mycelium (plural mycelia) formed by hyphae
  • Produce different types of spores
• Fungi


  • Yeast (single-celled fungi)
• Bacteria

  1. Vibrio coma

  2. Escherichia coli

  3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  4. Staphylococcus aureus

  5. Salmonella typhosa
• Fungi

  1. Cryptococcus neoformans
  2. Aspergillus
  3. Mucor
  4. Rhizopus
  5. Saprolegnia