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Mycology
Various Mycology tidbits
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Microbiology
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11/01/2011

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Term
Blastoconidia definition
Definition
Buds or daughter cells of yeast
Term
Chains of blastoconidia are called:
Definition
Pseudohyphae
Term
Spores arising from fruiting bodies
Definition
Conidia
Term
Hyaline hyphae are _______ while dematiaceous hyphae are _________
Definition
Hyaline: light colored. Dematiaceous: dark colored
Term
Name the dimorphic fungi
Definition
Blastomyces dermatidis
Coccidiodes immitis
Histoplasma capsulatum
Paracoccidioides braziliensis
Pencillium marneffei
Term
Zygomycetes have _____ hyphae and ______ septa
Definition
Wide hyphae and occasional septa
Term
Two most frequently encountered zygomycetes
Definition
Rhizopus and Mucor
Term
Three common dermatophytes
Definition
Trichophyton, Epidermophyton, and Microsporum
Term
Species of dermatophytes most commonly associated with nail infections
Definition
T. rubru, and T. mentagrophytes
Term
Microsporum infect:
Definition
The hair and skin
Term
Trichophyton infect:
Definition
Nails, hair and skin
Term
Epidermophyton floccosum infects:
Definition
Nails and skin, but not hair
Term
Cuteaneous mycoses are referred to as:
Definition
Tinea
Term
T. rubrum produces ________ microconidia distributed ____________ of the hyphae
Definition
Tear-shaped microconidia distributed on either side of the hyphae
Term
A common cause of athletes foot (tinea pedis)
Definition
Epidermophyton
Term
Epidermophyton floccosum produces ________ macroconidia with _____ walls
Definition
Club-shaped macroconidia with thin walls
Term
These fungi are hyaline and septate and cause invasive opportunistic infections
Definition
Aspergillus, Fusarium, Geotrichum, Acremonium, Penicillium, Paecilomyces, and Scopulariopsis
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