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Virus
The smallest of the microbes; viruses are not whole cells.
What do viruses depend on?
A host cell for food, nutrients, and reproduction
Obligate intracellular parasite
An organism that must live inside a host cell to reproduce.
Why are viruses difficult to treat?
They depend on host cells to reproduce.
Viral diseases
Common cold, influenza, pneumonia, chickenpox, croup, hepatitis B, AIDS, measles, mumps, herpes, warts, and polio.

I am a one-celled microorganism
Virus
Fungi
Organisms that are neither plants nor animals.
Where are fungi found?
Everywhere
Yeast
One-celled fungi.
Mold
Multicelled fungi.
Fungi get nutrients from
Living or dead materials.
Fungi thrive in
Warm, moist, dark conditions.
Can antibiotics treat fungi?
No
Fungal infections are treated with
Antifungal medications.
Superficial fungal infections
Ringworm and athlete’s foot.
Systemic fungal infection
Histoplasmosis.

I am classified by shape and arrangement
Fungi