diseases caused by fungi and protists

Fungi cell type

Eukaryotic

Unicellular fungi=

Yeast

Multicellular fingi=

Mushrooms

How to multicellular fungi cause disease?

Producing spores which penetrate your skin

Rose balck spot is what type of infection?

Fungal

Symptoms of rose black spot:

• Purple/black spots on leaves

• Leaves turn yellow and drop off

• Slowed photosynthesis and therefore growth

How does Rose Black spot spread?

In water or wind

Rose Black spot treatment:

• Cop off affected leaves

• Destroy plant

• Spray fungacide

Prostist cell type:

Eukaryotic

Protists are commonly

Multicellular

How are protists transported?

Vectors

How does malaria spread

Protists that carry maleria use mosquitos as vectors to carry it

Malaria symptoms

• Recurrent symptoms

• Fever

• Headache

• Fatality

Malaria prevention

• Destroy mosquito nests

• Use mosquito repellent

• Mosquito nets

• No cure

Malaria spread stage 1

Mosquito uses saliva to numb skin, then carves into it to find blood vessel

Malaria spread part 2

Mosquito socks blood and protists in blood stream of animal

Malaria spread part 3

Protists reproduce sexualy inside mosquito and form cysts before making their way to the salivary glands

Malaria spread part 4

Mosquito bites animal and protists enter blood stream

Malaria spread part 5

Protists damage liver and red blood cells

Malaria spread part 6

Malaria causes shaking and fever when protists eventually burst - releasing more protists.