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1
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What type of organisms are yeasts?

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Unicellular

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2
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What is the shape of yeast cells?

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Spherical or ellipsoidal

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3
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How do most yeasts reproduce?

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Asexually by budding

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4
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What is another way some yeasts divide?

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Binary fission

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5
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What is the characteristic microscopic appearance of yeasts?

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Pin-bowl appearance

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6
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Can yeast grow in culture media?

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Yes

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7
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At what temperatures can yeasts grow?

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23-25°C (ambient) and 37°C (physiologic)

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8
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How do yeast colonies appear on media?

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Moist, creamy, opaque, or pasty

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9
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Why do yeast colonies sometimes resemble bacterial colonies?

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Due to their opaque and moist texture

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10
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What type of organisms are molds?

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What type of organisms are molds?

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How do mold colonies appear?

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Fluffy, cottony, woolly, or powdery

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12
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What are the primary structural components of molds?

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Hyphae and spores

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13
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What are the three types of asexual spores in molds?

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Thallospores, Conidia, Spores by complex sporulation

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14
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What are the four types of sexual spores in molds?

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Ascospores, Basidiospores, Zygospores, Oospores

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15
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Fungi that reproduce only asexually (anamorphs)

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imperfect fungi

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16
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Give an example of imperfect fungi

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Deuteromycetes

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17
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Name three fungi that belong to Deuteromycetes

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Epidermophyton, Sporothrix, Scedosporium

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18
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Fungi that can produce both asexual and sexual spores

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perfect fungi

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19
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The asexual form of a fungus

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anamorph

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20
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The sexual form of a fungus

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teleomorph

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21
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What is the anamorph of Histoplasma capsulatum?

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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What is the teleomorph of Histoplasma capsulatum?

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Ajellomyces capsulatum

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What is the anamorph of Blastomyces dermatitidis?

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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What is the teleomorph of Blastomyces dermatitidis?

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Ajellomyces dermatitidis

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What is the anamorph of Cryptococcus neoformans?

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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What is the teleomorph of Cryptococcus neoformans?

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Filobasidiella neoformans

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27
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What type of fungi is Cryptococcus neoformans?

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Basidiomycetes

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28
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What is the sexual spore of Cryptococcus neoformans

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Basidiospores

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29
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Tubular, branching filaments of fungal cells

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hyphae

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30
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What do hyphae form when they join together?

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Mycelium

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31
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What separates most hyphal cells?

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Porous cross-walls or septa

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32
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What are the two types of hyphae based on septum presence?

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Septate and Aseptate hyphae

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33
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What is another name for aseptate hyphae?

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Coenocytic hyphae

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34
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What is the function of vegetative (substrate) hyphae?

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Growth, nutrient absorption, and anchoring

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35
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What is the water affinity of vegetative hyphae?

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Hydrophilic

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36
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What is the function of aerial hyphae?

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Carry spores and extend above the medium

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37
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What is the water affinity of aerial hyphae?

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Hydrophobic

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38
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Give examples of fungi with aseptate hyphae

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Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Cunninghamella

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39
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What fungus has antler hyphae?

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Schoenleinia

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40
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What fungus has spiral hyphae?

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes

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41
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What type of hyphae does Trichophyton mentagrophytes exhibit

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Spiral hyphae

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42
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What type of hyphae does Microsporum audouinii exhibit?

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Pectinate body

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43
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What is another term for favic chandeliers?

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Antler hyphae

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44
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Which fungus has favic chandeliers (antler hyphae)?

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Trichophyton schoenleinii

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45
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What type of hyphae does Microsporum canis exhibit?

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Nodular organ

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46
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What type of hyphae does Epidermophyton floccosum exhibit?

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Racquet hyphae

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47
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What is another term for septate hyphae?

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Hyphae with cross-walls

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48
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What structures separate individual fungal cells in septate hyphae?

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Septa with pores

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49
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What is another term for coenocytic hyphae?

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Aseptate hyphae

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50
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What is a distinguishing feature of coenocytic hyphae?

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Lack of septa

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51
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What are the key internal structures of fungal hyphae?

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Nuclei, cell wall, septum (in septate hyphae), pores

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52
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A microorganism that only produces asexual spores

53
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What type of spores do imperfect fungi (anamorphs) produce?

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Asexual spores

54
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How are arthroconidia formed?

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By fragmentation of hyphal cells

55
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By fragmentation of hyphal cells

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Arthroconidia formation

56
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How do mature arthroconidia appear?

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Square, rectangular, or barrel-shaped thick-walled cells

57
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Give two examples of fungi that produce arthroconidia.

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Coccidioides immitis, Geotrichum candidum

58
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How are blastoconidia formed?

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Through a budding process

59
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Give two examples of fungi that produce blastoconidia

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Cladosporium spp., Candida albicans

60
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Large, thick-walled conidia that act as resistant resting spores

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chlamydospores

61
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What are the three types of chlamydospores based on location?

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Terminal (at the hyphal tip), intercalary (within the hyphal strand), sessile (on the sides of hyphae)

62
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Asexual reproductive structures produced via mitosis

63
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How are conidia formed?

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From vegetative yeast or hyphal cells, or from specialized conidiogenous cells

64
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What are specialized hyphae that produce conidia called?

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Conidiophores

65
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What is the function of conidiogenous cells?

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They generate conidia (e.g., conidiophores

66
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What are the characteristics of microconidia?

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Small, unicellular, round, elliptical, or pyriform; sessile or pedunculated

67
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What are the characteristics of macroconidia?

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Large, multiseptate, club- or spindle-shaped, thick- or thin-walled, spiny or smooth

68
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What shapes can microconidia have?

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Circular, round, oval, or teardrop-shaped

69
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Conidia produced by a vase-shaped conidiogenous cell called a phialide

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phialoconidia

70
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What fungal group produces sporangiospores?

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Zygomycetes (Mucorales)

71
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Where are sporangiospores housed?

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Inside a sac called the sporangium

72
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What structure inside the sporangium gives rise to sporangiospores?

73
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Name three genera that produce sporangiospores.

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Rhizopus, Mucor, Absidia

74
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What is the difference between anamorph and teleomorph?

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Anamorph produces asexual spores, teleomorph produces sexual spores

75
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Anamorph produces asexual spores, teleomorph produces sexual spores

76
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What sexual spores does Ajellomyces (teleomorph of Histoplasma capsulatum) produce?

A

Ascospores

77
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What asexual spores does Cryptococcus neoformans produce?

78
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What sexual spores does Filobasidiella neoformans (teleomorph of Cryptococcus neoformans) produce?

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Basidiospores

79
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How many meiospores typically form inside an ascus?

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Four to eight

80
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What fungal group produces ascospores

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Ascomycetes

81
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Name three fungi that produce ascospores.

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Ajellomyces dermatidis, Ajellomyces capsulatum, Microsporum spp.

82
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What type of spores do Aspergillus produce asexually and sexually?

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Asexual: Phialoconidia, Sexual: Ascospores

83
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What is the function of a cleistothecium in Pseudallescheria boydii?

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It protects the asci containing ascospores

84
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Where do basidiospores form?

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On a club-shaped structure called a basidium

85
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How many meiospores typically form per basidium?

86
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Name two fungi that produce basidiospores

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Cryptococcus neoformans, Malassezia spp

87
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How are zygospores formed?

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How are zygospores formed?

88
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Name four genera that produce zygospores.

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Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, Cunninghamella

89
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Mucor, Absidia, Rhizopus, Cunninghamella

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Sporangiospores

90
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What sexual spores do zygomycetes produce?

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Zygospores

91
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How are oospores formed?

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By heterogenous fertilization or fusion between dissimilar cells

92
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What structure is attached to an oospore?

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Antheridium

93
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What are the two types of fungal reproduction?

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Sexual and asexual reproduction

94
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What processes occur in sexual reproduction?

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Meiosis, cell fusion, nuclear fusion

95
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What does asexual reproduction involve

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Mitosis with cytoplasmic and nuclear division

96
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From what structure are asexual spores produced?

97
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What are the four major fungal phyla?

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What are the four major fungal phyla?

98
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Which fungal phylum is also known as club fungi?

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Basidiomycota

99
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Which fungal phylum includes imperfect fungi that lack a known sexual reproductive cycle?

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Deuteromycota

100
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Are zygomycetes septate or aseptate?

101
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What type of asexual spores do zygomycetes produce?

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Sporangiospores

102
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What type of sexual spores do zygomycetes produce?

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Zygospores

103
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Name a clinically important genus of Zygomycota.

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Rhizopus, Mucor, Absidia, Rhizomucor, Cunninghamella

104
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What type of asexual spores do ascomycetes produce?

105
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What type of sexual spores do ascomycetes produce?

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Ascospores

106
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What structure produces ascospores?

107
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Name three medically important ascomycetes.

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Aspergillus, Penicillium, Saccharomyces

108
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What type of asexual spores do basidiomycetes produce?

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Conidia or hyphal fragments

109
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What type of sexual spores do basidiomycetes produce?

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Basidiospores

110
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What structure produces basidiospores?

111
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Name a medically important basidiomycete.

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Cryptococcus neoformans

112
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Why are deuteromycetes called “imperfect fungi”?

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They lack a known sexual reproductive cycle.

113
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What type of spores do deuteromycetes reproduce with?

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Asexual spores (conidia)

114
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Name an example of a deuteromycete

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Candida spp., Sporothrix, Epidermophyton

115
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What are the two main modes of fungal reproduction?

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Sexual and asexual

116
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What type of fungal spores are produced by mitosis?

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Asexual spores

117
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What type of fungal spores are produced by meiosis?

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Sexual spores

118
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The fusion of two haploid fungal cells without nuclear fusion

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plasmogamy

119
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The fusion of two nuclei in fungal cells

120
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conidium that forms from the fragmentation of hyphal cells

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arthroconidium

121
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A conidium that forms through a budding process

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blastoconidium

122
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A thick-walled, resistant resting spore

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chlamydospore

123
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A conidium produced from a vase-shaped conidiogenous cell (phialide)

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phialoconidium

124
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A spore produced within a sporangium, characteristic of zygomycetes

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sporangiospore

125
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A sexual spore produced within an ascus

126
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A sexual spore produced on a basidium

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basidiospore

127
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A rough-walled spore produced by the fusion of two matching zygomycete types

128
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A spore formed by the fusion of dissimilar fungal cells

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