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Conidiophores terminating in a swollen vesicle
Colonization, allergy, toxicoses or invasive infection |
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Definition
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| Aspergillus fumigatus plate morphology |
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Definition
| Surface: velvety or powdery, 1st white, then dark greenish to gray; Reverse: white to tan |
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| Aspergillus fumigatus conidiphore |
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Definition
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| Aspergillus fumigatus Phialides |
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Definition
| uniseriate, usually only on upper 2/3 of vesicle, parallel to axis of conidiophore |
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| Aspergillus niger plate morphology |
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Definition
| wooly, 1st white to yellow, then black; Reverse: white to yellow |
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| Aspergillus niger conidiphore |
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Definition
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| Aspergillus nigar Phialides |
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Definition
| biserate, cover entire vesicle, form radiate head |
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| Aspergillus niger conidia |
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Definition
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| Aspergillus flavus plate morphology |
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Definition
| velvety, yellow to green or brown; Reverse: goldish to red brown |
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Term
| Aspergillus flavus conidiphore |
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Definition
| variable length, rough, pitted, spiny |
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| Aspergillus flavus Phialides |
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Definition
| uniseriate & biserate, cover entire vesicle, point out in all directions |
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Term
| Conidiophores branching into a penicillus (brush) |
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Definition
Penicillum species
Paecilomyces species
Scopulariopsis species |
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| Penicillum species growth rate |
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Definition
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| Penicillum species plate morphology |
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Definition
| 1st white, then powdery & bluish green with white border; Reverse: usually white (Less common species may vary in color & texture) |
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| Penicillum species microscopic morphology |
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Definition
| Septate hyphae with branched & unbranched conidiophores, secondary branches (metuale); on metuale, whorls of flask shaped phialides bearing chains of conidia |
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| Paecilomyces species growth rate |
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Definition
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| Paecilomyces species plate morphology |
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Definition
| flat & powdery or velvety; usually yellowish brown; Reverse: off-white to brown |
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| Paecilomyces species plate morphology |
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Definition
| Hyphae septate; phialides elongated & taper into a long slender tube (tenpins), bend away from the axis of the conidophore; conidia ellipical or oblong in long unbranched chains |
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| Scopulariopsis species growth rate |
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Definition
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| Scopulariopsis species plate morphology |
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Definition
| 1st white & glabrous, then powdery light brown with tan periphery; Reverse: tan with brownish center |
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| Scopulariopsis species microscopic morphology |
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Definition
| Septate hyphae; conidiophores: shorter & simpler than Penicillium sp.; annellides bear conidia; conidia: larger, often thick walled, round to lemon shaped, cut off at base, rough & spiny |
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