Microbio Question

[MarisaPharmD]

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One of the books I am studying with says yeasts are in the protist category and another says they are in fungi category...same problem with molds and those 2 categories..
I'm thinking it matches up like this, but wanted some genius feedback:


Protista-yeast
Fungi-molds

 

[newslang]

To start off, all fungi are eukaryotes.

Yeasts are unicellular fungi.

Molds are an example of multicellular fungi.

Neither are protists which is another category.

Micro major in the house.

 

[Knickerbocker]

Take the book that says that yeast are protists and either burn it or attempt to get a refund on it.

 

[Firefly74]

From the Dictionary:

merriam-webster.com

protist

Main Entry: pro·tist
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Protista, from Greek, neuter plural of prōtistos very first, primal, from superl. of prōtos first — more at prot-
Date: 1889
: any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom (Protista syn. Protoctista) of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular and that typically include the protozoans, most algae, and often some fungi (as slime molds)
— pro·tis·tan -adjective or noun

Maybe that helps

 

[Toomeke]

that's basic gen bio (2nd semester). i agree with knicker - burn your book. most (i stress "most") micro-bio questions in pcat were covered in gen bio classes - very few microbio q's that require actual microbio class.

review you gen bio.

 

[eric4321]

Protista and yeasts are both single-cell eukaryotes. They are totally different in how they congregate & how they reproduce. They are even more different from bacteria, which are single-cell prokaryotes.

I took Bio1, Bio2, AP1, and studied the Kaplan & AudioLearn stuff about human kidneys, enzymes, and hormones, which is AP2 material. Did not take Microbiology.

Good enough for a 99 on pcat bio.