|
BIO
341 Topic Index
Below
is a list of lecture topics that Dr. Szaniszlo
will cover throughout the semester. Some
topics will span several lectures. Click on the
topic or use the topic index above to view the
supplementary notes, associated assignments, and
any diagrams or pictures of interest.
 PRINTING
NOTES?
You'll get the best results by downloading
and printing the Adobe Acrobat version
of the topic notes. Just click on
the PDF icon to the left of the topic. You will
need the Adobe Acrobat reader which you can get by
clicking on the orange icon to the left. |
|
| V |
We
are currently on Topic X |
| |
 |
|
|
Appendix
A: Fungal Classification Outline |
| |
|
 |
Last
Updated:
12/13/99 |
Topic
1: Course Introduction: What are Fungi? |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
1/28/00 |
Topic
2: Outline of fungal classifications (emphasis on basic diagnostic characteristics of
divisions, subdivisions and classes; discussions of the nature of spores, sporangia, asci
and basidia). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
1/14/00 |
Topic
3: Fungal thallus types (from single cells to multihyphal
aggregates) and discussion of cytology of selected fungal structures (zoospores, hyphal tips,
yeast cells, etc.) |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
1/21/00 |
Topic
4: Spores (mitospores, meiospores, and karyospores; zoospores, conidia,
aplanospores, ascospores and basidiospores). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
1/24/00 |
Topic
5: Kinetics of fungal growth (emphasis on hyphal growth). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
2/23/00 |
Topic
6: The fungal cell wall (ultrastructure, chemistry and function) |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
2/23/00 |
Topic
7: Patterns of hyphal growth (models for apical extension involving
aspects of morphology, cytology and chemistry). |
| |
See
handouts |
|
Topic
8: Patterns of yeast growth (architecture and models for budding and
septum formation). |
| . |
|
|
Last
Updated:
2/29/00 |
Topic
9: Basic biology of yeasts (discussions of taxonomy, sexual cycles,
ultrastructure, mitosis and meiosis) |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
3/6/00 |
Topic
10: Yeast biology continued (regulation of the yeast cell cycle, growth
cycle and sexual cycle) |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
3/17/00 |
Topic
11: Hyphal aggregates (overview of the various fungal structures formed
as a consequence of hyphal aggregation; ascocarps, basidiocarps,
synnemata, pycnidia,
etc., and where relevant, discussions of the importance of these structures to fungal
taxonomy). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
3/27/00 |
Topic
12: Dormancy and spore germination |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
3/27/00 |
Topic
13: Introduction to concepts of nonsexual fungal genetics (heteroplasmonosis,
heterokaryosis, parasexuality). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
4/11/00 |
Topic
14: Genetic regulating mechanisms controlling sexuality in fungi
(homothallism, heterothallism, bipolarity and tetrapolarity). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
4/11/00 |
Topic
15: Life cycle regulation caused by "hormones" (trisporic
acids and the mucors, sirenin and Allomyces, antheridiol and oogoniols in Achlya,
and the peptide hormones of Saccharomyces and kin). |
| |
|
|
Last
Updated:
4/11/00 |
Topic
16: Introduction to fungal physiology and
biochemistry; Introduction to fungal primary and secondary metabolism |
| |
|
|
|
Review for Final |
|
(Back
to top of page) |
