BIO307: Microbiology

6.5: Specialized Fungi

• 6.5.1: Penicillium

  • University of Wisconsin: Tom Volk's "Penicillium Chrysogenum"

    Read this article on the fungus from which the antibiotic penicillin is derived.
    

• 6.5.2: Saccharomyces

  • University of Wisconsin: Tom Volk's "Saccharomyces Cerevisiae"

    Read this article about Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, which makes baker's and brewer's yeast, which is then used to bake bread, brew beer, and ferment wine.
    

  • Community College of Baltimore County: Gary E. Kaiser's "The Yeasts, Part 1"

    Complete this quiz. After completing the quiz return to the first page and click on "Answers" to see the correct answers. There is a detailed introduction to this assessment above the "Self-Quiz." Be sure to visit the "Results" section, also note that clicking on the links under the empty frames brings you to annotated micrographs.
    

  • Community College of Baltimore County: Gary E. Kaiser's "The Yeasts, Part 2"

    Complete this quiz. After completing the quiz return to the first page and click on "Answers" to see the correct answers. There is a detailed introduction to this assessment above the "Self-Quiz." Be sure to visit the "Results" section, also note that clicking on the links under the empty frames brings you to annotated micrographs.