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| inhibits fungal metabolism and kills most vegetative froms but not spores |
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| inhibits metabolism but does not kill vegetative forms or spores |
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| heavy metals, chlorine, alcohol, phenol, formaldehyde, ethylene oxide, and peroxide |
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| damage cell membranes and kill most fungal forms |
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| lyophilization with freeze-drying |
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| inhibits fungal metabolism and allows long term storage and cluture |
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| destroys DNA and kills most fungal forms |
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| 121 C, denatures protiens and kills all fungal forms |
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| 1000 C, destroys all fungal forms |
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| Potassium hydroxide (KOH) |
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| quick and inexpensive causing most human tissue elments to become dissolved leaving only fungal elements |
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| stain polysaccharides on cell walls of molds and yeasts. Has aldehyde groups that bind to basic fuchsina and stain red |
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| Intracellular sturcture examindation, stains blue color sometimes with a halo around them. |
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| Test demonstrating capsuls around cells |
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| interferes with pyrimidine metabolism and inhibits both RNA and DNA synthesis |
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| inhibits fungal cell mitosis at metaphase by interaction with microtubules resulting in disruption of mitotic spindles |
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| Interferes with nuclear metabolism by inhibition of DNA, RNA, phospholipids and protein synthesis |
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| Amphotericin B and nystatin |
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| bind to ergosterol and do not allow it to be incorporated into fungal cytoplasmic membranes |
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| Fluconazole, itracanazole, ketoconazole, micronazole, thiabendazole |
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| inhibit ergosterol synthesis by preventing conversion of lanosterol to erosterol in the cyoplasmic membrane resulting in loss of cell membrrane integrity |
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