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characteristics of fungi
two primary forms |
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do not perform photosynthesis
yeast and mold |
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-decompose dead organisms and recycle their nutrients
-help plants absorb water and minerals
-are used for food and in manufacture of foods and beverages
-produce antibiotics
-serve as important research tools
-can spoil many foods |
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superficial mycoses
cutaneous "
systemic "
wound " |
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on hair skin and nails
in the skin
colonizes the body
colonizes a wound |
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| how else can fungi cause disease |
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-destroying the food supply
-causing malnutrition
-paving the way for other opportunistic microbial infections
-producing damaging toxins that are ingested |
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| rye smut and ergot in salem witch trials |
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| photosynthetic microbes that can be unicellular, colonial or multicelular |
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| characteristics of protozoa |
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| eukaryotic, unicellular and lack cell walls |
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| parasite lives in the intestines of humans and is transmitted via fecal-oral route |
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| primary ameobic meningoencephalopathy |
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| bacused by amoebas that live in warm, moist environments and enter cuts/abrasions and migrates to the brain |
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| intestinal parasite of animals, can cross the placenta and infect the unborn baby |
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| transmitted by sexual contact |
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| releases two toxins: one to stun fish and the second to cause the skin to slough off |
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nematodes
cestodes
trematodes |
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round worms
tapeworms
flukes |
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| transmitted via fecal-oral route, they are common because they migrate and lay their eggs at night while we sleep, making us less aware and more susceptible |
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| drinking water, infects intestines |
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