Exercise 3

Cards (13)

  • Bait - a piece of the substrate where the target fungi thrives (e.g. dung)
  • Arrange the Sequencing (Isolation and culture of thraustochytrids)
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  • Arrange the Sequencing (Isolation and culture of dung fungi)
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  • The life cycle of Pilobolus begins with a black sporangium that has been discharged onto a plant substrate such as grass
  • The Pilobolus sporangium survives the passage through the gastrointestinal tract without germinating and emerges with the excrement
  • The organism in the image belongs to the genus, Pilobolus
  • Thraustochytrids belong to the Kingdom Chromista
  • Thraustochytrids belong to the phylum Stramenopiles
  • Thraustochytrids - single-celled saprotrophic eukaryotes that are widely distributed in marine ecosystems, and which secrete enzymes including amylases, proteases, and phosphatases
  • Thraustochytrids have lipid rich cells
  • Vegetable Juice agar contains: Vegetable juice, Calcium carbonate, Seawater, and Agar
  • Glucose-Yeast Extract-Peptone Agar contains: Glucose, Yeast Extract, Peptone, Agar, and Seawater
  • Thraustochytrids produce Polyunsaturated fatty acids, which include: Docosahexaenoic Acid, Arachidonic acid, and Eiosapentaenoic acid