The Difference Between Septate Hyphae and Aseptate Hyphae Is

question 47

Multiple Choice

The difference between septate hyphae and aseptate hyphae is

• A)a difference in haploid and diploid cells.
• B)a distinction between saprotrophic fungi and parasitic or disease-causing fungi.
• C)a classification trait that separates basidiomycotes from ascomycotes.
• D)a distinction between plasmodial masses with many nuclei and nonliving zygospores.
• E)determined by whether the hyphae have cross walls or lack cross walls.

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Definitions:

Phagocytes

Cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells.

Peptidoglycan

A compound made up of amino acids and sugars that creates a mesh-like coating outside the plasma membrane in the majority of bacteria, offering shape and structural support.

Lysozyme

An enzyme found in many tissues and in tears and other body fluids; attacks the cell wall of many gram-positive bacteria.

Innate Immunity

See innate immune responses.