New News Biology #28

Fungal & Protist Diseases

Fungi = Unicellular (yeast) or Multicellular (mushroom)

An Example of a Fungal Disease: Rose Black Spot

They develop especially on roses

Leaves will ‘drop off’

Reduces rate of photosynthesis

The plants don’t grow as well

It spreads either through water or wind

It can be treated by chopping off the infected leaves, or spraying it with a fungicide

Protists = Eukaryotes = Uni or Multi Cellular

• Parasites; living inside or on another organism, and are transported by vectors

An example is malaria, which comes in the form of parasitic protists

The best way to treat it is to stop the vectors from spreading the parasites.