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Slide 1 Warm-up Questions ●What is a Pathogen? ●List the 5 Pathogens. ●Mononucleosis, Common Cold, and Ebola are examples of what? ●Athlete’s Foot, Ringworm, and…

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MAGTAGZ BROCHURE Sharing is not always caring! Whatâs on your towel? Towels are great breeding grounds and/or retainers of all kinds of stuff, especially skin surface critters.…

Transmitted Microbial Diseases Zoonoses Epizootic Endozootic Rabies Negri bodies Rabies Cases Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses Hantavirus Four Corners Disease Rodents Ebola Lassa…

Chapter 21 Fungi Honors Biology Spring 2009 Kingdom Fungi Eukaryotic Heterotrophic- external digestion/absorption Saprobe- obtain food from decaying matter Cell walls- chitin…

Kingdom Fungi Introduction High points - beer, other fermented beverages, leaven bread, antibiotics Low points - athletes foot, jock itch, that pink stuff that grows on your…