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1
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Study of fungi, including their taxonomy, environmental impact,
and genetic and biochemical properties

A

MYCOLOGY

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Science devoted to the study of fungi and their relationship to
human disease

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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY is a scientific discipline encompasses single-celled ______ and ______ as agents of disease

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yeasts ; filamentous moulds

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4
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Fungal agents include:

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  1. TRUE PATHOGENS

2. OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS

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5
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True pathogens and opportunistic pathogens are part of ____

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Fungal agents

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Fungi whose cell wall contain MELANIN, which imparts brown

to black pigment

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DEMATIACEOUS FUNGI

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fungi that have two growth forms, such as mold and yeast

which develop under different growth conditions

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DIMORPHIC FUNGI

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Dematiaceous Fungi contains _____ on its cell wall contain , which imparts _____ pigment

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MELANIN ; brown to black

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9
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Asexual stage in the life cycle of fungus

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ANAMORPH

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Sexual stage of fungi

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TELEOMORPH

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unicellular, spherical to ellipsoid fungal cells; reproduce

by budding

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YEAST

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12
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What is the size of yeast cells?

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3 - 5 um

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13
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fungi that lack sexual reproduction

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IMPERFECT FUNGI

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14
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fungi that are capable of fungal reproduction

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PERFECT FUNGI

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15
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hyphal or mycelial colony of growth

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MOLD

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16
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have more than one independent form or spore stage in their

life cycle

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POLYMORPHIC FUNGI

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17
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aka asexual spores

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MITOSPORES

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18
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Swollen, branching tips that resemble moose antlers,

with lateral and terminal branching

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ANTLER HYPHAE

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19
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CONIDIA are produced either singly or multiply in long chains or clusters by specialized vegetative hyphae called _____

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CONIDIOPHORES

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20
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Epidermophytoc floccosum is an example of _____

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RACQUET HYPHAE

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21
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes is an example of _____

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SPIRAL HYPHAE

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22
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What are the 4 opportunistic mycoses?

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ASPERGILLOSIS
CANDIDIASIS
CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
ZYGOMYCOSIS

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23
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SYSTEMIC MYCOSES primarily involve the ____ and may disseminate and involve any organ system

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LUNGS

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24
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this is a type of conidia formation wherein a parent cell enlarges, a septum forms and the enlarge portion splits off to form a daughter cell

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Blastic Conidiogenesis

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25
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Trichophyton shoenleinii is an example of _____

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ANTLER HYPHAE

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26
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______ are flask-shaped secondary segments which produces the
conidia = PHIALOCONIDIA

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PHIALIDES

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27
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This include Glomeromycota and subphylum, Mucoromycotina,

and Entomophthoracortina and produces hyaline sparsely septate hyphae

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ZYGOMYCOTA

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28
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Lichtheimia is formerlyknown as _____

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Absidia

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29
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this is a tightly coiled showing corkscrew-like turns

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SPIRAL HYPHAE

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30
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These are ringed structures that produce _____

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ANNELLIDES ; ANNELLOCONIDIA

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31
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this is a type of conidia formation wherein a septum forms first and new growth beyond the septum becomes daughter cell

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Thallic Conidiogenesis

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32
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contains enlarged, club-shaped areas resembling a tennis racquet

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RACQUET HYPHAE

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33
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Systemic mycoses infections are caused by :

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Blastomyces
Coccidioides
Histoplasma
Paracoccidioides
P. marneffei***
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34
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In genus Zygomycota,

  1. The asexual reproduction: SPORANGIOSPORES
  2. Sexual reproduction: ZYGOSPORES

a. both are true
b. only statement 1 is true
c. only statement 2 is true
d. both are false

35
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Humans are relatively resistant to infections caused by fungi except for _____

A

DIMORPHIC FUNGI

36
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This is a type of sexual spore that contained in a club-shaped BASIDIUM

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BASIDIOSPORES

37
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Yeasts ideally grow in what range temperature?

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35°C to 37°C

38
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the appearance of MOLDS’ colony

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fluffy, cottony, woolly, or powdery

39
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Molds grows at ______

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Molds grows at 25°C

40
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few yeasts cells divide by ____ but most reproduce asexually by ____

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BINARY FISSION ; BUDDING

41
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this is the phase in dimorphism in which organism grown at room temperature (22° to 25° C) in ambient air conditions

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MOLD PHASE

42
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the appearance of YEASTS’ colony

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moist, creamy, opaque or pasty (1-3 mm)

resembling bacterial colony without aerial hyphae

43
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they produce fungal infections that involve the HAIR, SKIN, OR NAILS. They all infect keratinized tissues and have no direct invasion of the
deeper tissue

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SUPERFICIAL OR CUTANEOUS MYCOSES

44
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Conidiophores form a _____ that terminates in secondary branches (______) and ______ , from which chains of conidia are borne

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PENICILLUS : metulae and phialides

45
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Humans acquire mycoses through:

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  • Inhalation of spores
  • Direct contact with spores
  • Inoculation by trauma into the skin
46
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_____ have true nuclei and are heterotrophic members of the plant
family

A

THALLOPHYTES

47
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Eukaryotic fungi have _____ in the cell membrane. They are also _____ in nature which means that their nutrition are derived from organic materials

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ERGOSTEROL ; SAPROPHYTIC

48
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_______ are involve the deeper skin layers, including

muscle, connective tissue, and bone.

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SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSES

49
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These are fungi that have different asexual forms of the same fungus. One example of this is Pseudallescheria boydii.

A

SYNANOMORPHS

50
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this is the phase in dimorphism in which organism grown at 37° C with increased CO2

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YEAST OR TISSUE STATE

51
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DERMATOPHYTES, TINEA NIGRA, TINEA VERSICOLOR and PIEDRA are all examples of:

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SUPERFICIAL OR CUTANEOUS MYCOSES

52
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This is a type of sexual spore that contained in a saclike structure called ASCUS

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ASCOSPORES

53
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following meiosis, _ to _ meiospores form within an ascus

54
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following meiosis, ___ meiospores usually form on the surface of a basidiumx

55
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A conidia that is small, unicellular with a round, elliptical, or pyriform shape

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MICROCONIDIA

56
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MACROCONIDIA has a spiny (______) or smooth

surface

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ECHINULATE

57
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Ubiquitous in nature and produce true septate hyphae. They all exhibit a sexual form (teleomorph) but also exist in an asexual form (anamorph)

A

Ascomycota

58
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TRUE OR FALSE

Almost all molds are aerobic

60
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A conidia that is large, usually multiseptate, and club oval or spindle shaped

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MACROCONIDIA

61
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What is the Asexual and Sexual reproduction of Ascomycota?

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Asexual reproduction: Conidia

Sexual reproduction: Ascospores

62
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TRUE OR FALSE

Most yeasts are strict aerobes

63
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_____ formed by heterogenous fertilization and are involve the fusion of cells from separate, nonidentical hyphae

64
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They are generally plant pathogens or environmental organisms that rarely cause disease in humans. They also reproduce sexually through the formation of BASIDIOSPORES

A

Basidiomycota

65
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these are cross-walls that divide hyphae

66
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This contains large, thick-walled, usually spherical conidia produced by “rounding-up” and enlargement of the terminal hyphal cells

A

CHLAMYDOCONIDIA

67
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CHLAMYDOSPORES formed at the hyphal sides

68
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TRUE OR FALSE

Obligate aerobes are not capable of metabolizing Lignin

69
Q

this is used to determine hyphal pigmentation in tissue

A

Masson-Fontana Stain

70
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These are rough-walled spores produced by the fusion of two identical
cells arising from the same hypha

A

ZYGOSPORES

71
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  1. Septate Hyphae are microscopic units of fungi
  2. Asseptate Hyphae or Sparsely Septate/Coenocytic are continuous without crosswalls

a. both are true
b. only statement 1 is true
c. only statement 2 is true
d. both are false

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c. only statement 2 is true

72
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CHLAMYDOSPORES formed at the hyphal tip

73
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A type of conidia that are produced by a “vaseshaped” conidiogenous
cell = PHIALIDE

A

Phialoconidia

74
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What type of asexual spores does ARTHROCONIDIA have?

A

ARTHROSPORES

75
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_____ are empty spaces that appear between each arthrospores in alternate arrangement

A

Disjunctor cells

76
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Candida is an example of what type of conidia?

A

BLASTOCONIDIA

77
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CHLAMYDOSPORES formed within the hyphal strand

A

INTERCALARY

78
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______ is a mass of intertwining structure composed of hyphae and accumulates during active growth

79
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Deuteromycota is also known as ______

A

FUNGI IMPERFECTI

80
Q

In Masson-Fontana Stain,

  1. Phaeoid hyphae stains ______
  2. Hyaline hyphae stains ______
A
  1. brown

2. pink to red

81
Q

_____ grows in or on a substrate and absorbs water and nutrients; anchor the colony

A

VEGETATIVE PORTION OR THALLUS

82
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  • contains fruiting bodies that produce the conidia and spores
  • extends above the agar surface
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REPRODUCTIVE PORTION OR AERIAL

83
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This is a type of conidia that has the simplest type of sporulation and appear as square, rectangular, barrel-shaped thick-walled cells
when mature

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ARTHROCONIDIA

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