BIOLOGY 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Dikaryon, Meiosis, Asexual Reproduction
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->fungus makes no distinction between an old tree and fence that you put up in your background-->can degrade any compound-->do not discriminate. ->alcohol: result of fungi using carbohydrate stored in seeds, starch, etc. ->cheeses-->camembert cheese, bleu cheese (spores are the blue green colored spots on bleu cheese) ->aminita: death angel, causes death for anyone who eats it. ->aflatoxin: peanuts, for most us, the level of aflatoxin in peanuts is not dangerous-->but for people with serious allergy to aflatoxin->dangerous. ->many diseases caused by fungi in our skin. ->for most of diseases caused by fungi, our immune system can deal with it. ->for individuals with hiv/aids-->immune system compromised beforehand-->many died of pneumonia caused by fungi. ->cyclosporin-->given to people with organ transplants-->suppress immune system so that organ won"t be rejected. ->animals and fungi share a lot of physiological processes, difficult to find something that will attack fungi without attacking animal itself.
