Term
Zygomycetes
-medically important fungi
-sexual spore structure
-asexual spores
-hyphae |
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Definition
Medically important fungi:
- Mucor
- Rhizomucor
- Rhizopus
Sexual Spore structure
- zygosporangium
Asexual spore:
- sporangiospore
Hyphae: aseptate (coenocytic) |
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Term
Ascomycetes
-medically important fungi
-sexual spore structure
-asexual spores
-hyphae |
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Definition
Medically important:
- most of the medically important fungi
Sexual spore structure: ascus
Asexual spore: conida
Hyphae: septate |
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Term
Basidiomycetes
-medically important fungi
-sexual spore structure
-asexual spores
-hyphae |
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Definition
Medically important:
- Cryptococcus
- Malassezia
- Trichosporon
Sexual spore structure: basidium
Asexual spore: conidia
Hyphae: basidiomycetous |
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Term
Hyphomycetous
-medically important fungi
-sexual spore structure
-asexual spores
-hyphae |
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Definition
Medically important:
- Aspergillus
- Fusarium
- Tricophyton
- Microsporum
Sexual spore structure: none IDed
Asexual spore: conidia
Hyphae: septate |
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Term
Coelomycetes
-medically important fungi
-sexual spore structure
-asexual spores
-hyphae |
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Definition
Medically important:
- few medically important
Sexual spore structure: none IDed
Asexual spore structure: conidia
Hyphae: -- |
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Term
Blastomycetes
-medically important fungi
-sexual spore structure
-asexual spores
-hyphae |
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Definition
Medically important:
- Candida
Sexual spore structure: none IDed
Asexual spore structure: conidia
Hyphae: loose, budding single cells or pseudohyphae |
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