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1
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MOT:

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inhalation of conidia

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2
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Form colonies within

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several days

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3
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soil and decaying matter

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Saprophytic fungi

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4
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Disease caused:

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Phaehyphomycosis

Hyalohyphomycosis

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5
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Inhibited by many

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antimicrobial agents

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6
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Must be repeatedly (?) in patients

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isolated

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7
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Hyphae are

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hyaline

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8
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Conidiogenous cells

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Phialide

Annellides

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9
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Determinate: stops elongating when 1st conidium appears

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Phialide

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10
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Indeterminate: continues to grow even when 1st conidium appears

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Annellides

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11
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arises from pores of the hyphae

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Poroconidia

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12
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glabrous/ velvety

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DEMATIACEOUS

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13
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dark brown to black septate hyphae

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DEMATIACEOUS

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14
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asexual reproduction

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DEMATIACEOUS

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15
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causes Aspergillosis

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Aspergillus Group

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16
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conidiophores terminate in a swollen vesicle

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Aspergillus Group

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17
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Bronchopulmonary Disease: Farmer’s Lung

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Aspergillus Group

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18
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Swimmer’s Ear

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Aspergillus Group

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19
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  • produces one series of structures between vesicle and conidium
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Uniseriate

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20
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  • forms two series of intermediate structures
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Biseriate

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21
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  1. HYALINE SEPTATE
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  1. Aspergillus Group
  2. Penicillus Group
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22
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conidiophores branching into a penicillus

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Penicillus Group

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23
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brush-like arrangement due to branching of conidiophore

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Penicillus Group

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24
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Cottony

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ZYGOMYCETES/ ASEPTATE

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25
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fast growers: 4 or 3 to 5 days

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ZYGOMYCETES/ ASEPTATE

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26
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Sexual/ asexual (sporangiospore)

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ZYGOMYCETES/ ASEPTATE

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27
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few or no septum

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ZYGOMYCETES/ ASEPTATE

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28
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misdiagnosed as bacterial sinusitis

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Alternaria

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29
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easiest to identify among all fungi

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Curvularia

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30
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only cause chronic sinusitis on immunocompetent px

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Curvularia

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31
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Phaeohyphomycosis

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Alternaria

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32
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sinusitis, asthma, osteomyelitis, eye and ear infection

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Alternaria

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33
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respiratory infections, meningistis, osteomyelitis

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Bipolaris

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34
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allergies, onychomycosis, endocarditis

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Curvularia

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35
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mycotic keratitis, allergies

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Drechslera

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36
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shades of brown to black

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Alternaria

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37
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cottony and dirty gray to black

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Curvularia

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38
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Poroconidia: club shaped

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Alternaria

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39
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Poroconidia: aranged acropetally

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Alternaria

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40
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with transverse and longitudinal septa

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Alternaria

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41
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Conidiophores: geniculate (bent knee)

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Bipolaris

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42
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Conidia: sympodial and indeterminate

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Bipolaris

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43
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Conidia: pea pod shaped

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Bipolaris

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44
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Hyphae: dematiaceous septate with thin walls

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45
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Conidia: with transverse septum shaped like ellipse
3 to 5 cells

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Curvularia

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46
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“crescent roll”

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Curvularia

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47
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Conidiophores: single, branched and geniculate

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Drechslera

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48
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Conidia: sympodial indeterminate

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Drechslera

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49
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skin allergies

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Epicoccum

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50
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Hyphae: intertwined and branched together

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Epicoccum

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51
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Conidiophore: short

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Epicoccum

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52
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Conidia: globose to subglobose

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Epicoccum

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53
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clinically significant

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Fusarium

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54
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can be isolated

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Fusarium

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55
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most famous opportunistic fungi

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Fusarium

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56
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infected contact lenses; affected 100 individuals

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Fusarium

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57
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keratitis, onychomycosis, fungemia (blood)

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Fusarium

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58
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endocarditis, keratitis

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Helminthosporium

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59
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keratitis

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Nigrospora

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60
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Rose to mauve to purple to yellow

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Fusarium

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61
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Hyphae: intertwined and branched together

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Epicoccum

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62
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Conidiophore: short Conidia: globose to subglobose

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Epicoccum

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63
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no conidiophores

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Fusarium

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64
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abundant macroconidia with fewer microconidia

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Fusarium

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65
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Conidiophore: determinate, straight

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Helminthosporium

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66
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Conidia: slightly curved with a tapering end

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Helminthosporium

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67
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Conidia: dark and oval (most distinct appearance)

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Nigrospora

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68
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attached to the conidiophore at its side

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Nigrospora

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69
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kidney-like arrangement

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Nigrospora

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70
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colonization, allergy, disseminated infection, toxicity

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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71
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due to toxin production

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Aspergillus flavus

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72
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otomycosis, aspergilloma, nasal sinus infection

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Aspergillus niger

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73
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invasive disseminated aspergillosis meningitis, osteomyelitis, endocarditis

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Aspergillus terreus

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74
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smallest Asperigilli

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Aspergillus terreus

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75
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SABHI: granular/fluffy or powdery growth within 2 days or (3-6 days: flat white colonies)

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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76
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Culture Media: Modified SDA with chloramphenicol or gentamicin

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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77
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w/ Abs: to inhibit bacte growth

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Culture Media

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78
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Czapek’s Agar (mostly used)

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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79
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with magnesium and ferrous sulfate with sucrose and potassium salts to enhance pigmentation

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Czapek’s Agar

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80
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w/ Incubator at 500oC

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Czapek’s Agar

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81
Q

grows at 500 C

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Czapek’s Agar

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82
Q

usually a Hospital Acquired Infection

A

OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI

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83
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affects immunosuppressed patients (ex. AIDS, HIV, diabetes)

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI

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84
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rapid growers

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI
Alternaria
Fusarium

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85
Q

Significant

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI

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86
Q

Can be contaminants

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI

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87
Q

Used to confirm diagnosis

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI

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88
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Microscopic identification (not limited to macroscopic or colonies)

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGI

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89
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(dematiacious fungi; involves skin and subcutaneous)

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Phaehyphomycosis

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90
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(forms hyphae)

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Hyalohyphomycosis

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91
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  • where conidia arises
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Conidiogenous cells

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92
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: produces conidia

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asexual reproduction

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93
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treatment: antibiotic

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Alternaria

94
Q

seen in grasses/leaves

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Alternaria

95
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seen in grass/leaves, decaying vegetations

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Curvularia

96
Q

with tail

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Drechslera

97
Q

growth upwards/youngest cell is at the tip

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Alternaria

98
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pea pod shaped

99
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clinically significant

100
Q

can be isolated

101
Q

most famous opportunistic fungi

102
Q

Culture: grows at 370 C

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Aspergillus flavus

103
Q

SDA: 3 – 6 days; yellow to yellowgreen pigment

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Aspergillus flavus

104
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Culture: grows at 25 – 370 C

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Aspergillus niger

105
Q

SDA: 2 – 6 days; flat and white with jet black conidia

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Aspergillus niger

106
Q

Resembles sprinkled “black pepper” (same w/ P. notatum)

107
Q

Culture: 25 – 300 C

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Aspergillus terreus

108
Q

SDA: 5 – 10 days; heavy sporulation

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Aspergillus terreus

109
Q

Hyphae: broad, branches at 450

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Aspergillus fumigatus

110
Q

Conidiophores: smooth walled, light green or brown

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Aspergillus fumigatus

111
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with foot cell

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Aspergillus fumigatus

112
Q

Vesicles: flask shaped, uniseriate flaskshaped phialides

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Aspergillus fumigatus

113
Q

Phialoconidia: round and echinulate

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Aspergillus fumigatus

114
Q

Stain: LCPB

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Aspergillus fumigatus

115
Q

looks like a child who stuck his finger in a live socket

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Aspergillus fumigatus

116
Q

Hyphae: broad, with foot cell

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Aspergillus flavus

117
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Conidiophores: thick-walled, coarsely roughened

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Aspergillus flavus

118
Q

Vesicles: large and globose, biseriate

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Aspergillus flavus

119
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Phialoconodia: unicellular and globose

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Aspergillus flavus

120
Q

Hyphae: similar to others

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Aspergillus niger

121
Q

Conidiophores: same with A. fumigatus, longest

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Aspergillus niger

122
Q

Vesicles: spherical, biseriate, jetblack

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Aspergillus niger

123
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Phialides: flask-shaped

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Aspergillus niger

124
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Phialoconidia: produced basipetally

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Aspergillus niger

125
Q

same with A. flavus

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Aspergillus terreus

126
Q

Vesicle: dome shaped, biseriate

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Aspergillus terreus

127
Q

Cause: Chronic Fungal Sinusitis

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Penicillium

128
Q

Seen everywhere

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Penicillium

129
Q

Confused as Penicillium

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Paecilomyces

130
Q

rarely cause infections

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Penicillium

131
Q

contaminant in hospitals, pulmonary infections

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Paecilomyces

132
Q

contaminant, onychomycosis

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Scopulariopsis

133
Q

usually 4 days (rapid growers)

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Penicillium

134
Q

except Penicillium marneffei, 2 weeks

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Penicillium

135
Q

velvety to powdery

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Penicillium

136
Q

colonies: blue-green with white reverse

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Penicillium

137
Q

3 to 4 days (rapid growers)

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Paecilomyces

138
Q

Flat, granular to velvety colonies in shades of tan, brownish gold, or mauve

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Paecilomyces

139
Q

o Serious care must be taken

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Paecilomyces

140
Q

o BSC w/ heap filter

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Paecilomyces

141
Q

2 – 4 days

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Scopulariopsis

142
Q

velvety to powdery

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Scopulariopsis

143
Q

Hyphae: thin Conidiophores: erect, penicillus, with secondary phialide

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Penicillium

144
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Phialoconidia: basipetal growth

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Penicillium

145
Q

Hyphae: hyaline septate

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Paecilomyces

146
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Conidiophores: erect with irregular branching

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Paecilomyces

147
Q

o with metullae and phialides

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Paecilomyces

148
Q

o phialides have long tapering necks

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Paecilomyces

149
Q

Phialoconidia: produced at the tips

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Paecilomyces

150
Q

Hyphae: broad

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Scopulariopsis

151
Q

Annellophores: short septate

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Scopulariopsis

152
Q

o cannot be distinguished from hyphae

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Scopulariopsis

153
Q

o resembles Penicillium

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Scopulariopsis

154
Q

Annellides: cylindrical or flask-shaped

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Scopulariopsis

155
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Annelloconidia: basipetal growth, pyriform (pearshaped) - with nipple-like projections

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Scopulariopsis

156
Q

Contaminant (hospital)

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Acremonium
Trichoderma

157
Q

Hyalohyphomycosis
CM: pulmonary and skin infections

A

Trichoderma

158
Q

non-pathogenic

A

Gliocladium

Sepedonium

159
Q

Recovered in the environment worldwide

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Trichoderma

160
Q

waxy, velvety with pink reverse

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Acremonium

161
Q

4 – 5 days covering the plate with flat white colonies growth

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Trichoderma

162
Q

Hyphae: delicate and thin forming intertwining ropes

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Acremonium

163
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Phialophores: slender, upright or at right angle; long and tapering at the tip

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Acremonium

164
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Phialoconidia: unicellular, egg-shaped in clusters

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Acremonium

165
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Hyphae: thin

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Trichoderma

166
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Phialophores: short and erect, branching at right angle; swells at the center and tapers at the tip

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Trichoderma

167
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Phialoconidia: subglobose to elliptical in clusters

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Trichoderma

168
Q

Conidia: green

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Trichoderma

169
Q

Rarely causes disease

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Chrysosporium

170
Q

Recovered in nails

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Chrysosporium

171
Q

adiaspiromycosis
hyalohyphomycosis

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Chrysosporium

172
Q

(enlargement of conidia in tisue without replication)

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adiaspiromycosis

173
Q

6 days, floccose and flat + thick or gray or tan pigment

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Chrysosporium

174
Q

Hyphae: with spiral vegetative structures

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Chrysosporium

175
Q

Conidiophores: similar to hyphae

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Chrysosporium

176
Q

Conidia: one-celled, clavate; with numerous arthroconidia

A

Chrysosporium

177
Q

Mucor + Rhizopus

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Rhizomucor

178
Q

Most common-causing human disease

179
Q

Patients w/ diabetic and ketoacidosis

180
Q

May also be fatal to healthy patients

181
Q

Rarely causes human disease

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Syncephalastrum

182
Q

Cutaneous infections

A

Syncephalastrum

183
Q

Resembles Aspergillus

A

Syncephalastrum

184
Q

Rhinocerebralzygomycoses

185
Q

Young: Cottony, dirty white colonies

186
Q

Mature: Mousy brown to gray

187
Q

salt and pepper colony surface (covers the entire agar)

188
Q

woolly, cottony

189
Q

Young: white
Mature: gray to brown

190
Q

Resembles a test tube which contains a stack of marbles inside

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Syncephalastrum

191
Q

Columellae: cone-shaped with a pointed apex; resembles a Hershey’s Kiss

192
Q

Rhizoid: rudimentary

A

Absidia

Rhizomucor

Syncephalastrum

193
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Rhizoids: well developed

194
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Rhizoids: none

195
Q

Sporangiophore: long and straight, with collarette

196
Q

Columellae: varying shapes

197
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Sporangium: globose

198
Q

Hyphae: widest hyphae among others

A

Rhizomucor

199
Q

Sporangiophores: arise irregularly, intermodal; with collarette; without apophysis

A

Rhizomucor

200
Q

Columellae: globose

A

Rhizomucor

201
Q

Sporangium: round and black

A

Rhizomucor

202
Q

Columellae: hemispherical with a flattened base; when mature, it bends resembling an up-side-down umbrella

203
Q

Merosporangium: resembles tubes or fingers that radiate from the around the vesicle

A

Syncephalastrum

204
Q

Hyphae: thin walled; branching at right angles

205
Q

Sporangiophore: 2- 5 internodal group; apophysis remains when sporangium ruptures; with collarette

206
Q

Sporangium: pyriform, becomes brown or gray with age

207
Q

Hyphae: thick walled

208
Q

Hyphae: thin walled

209
Q

Sporangiophores: light brown, long and straight; nodal; with apophysis

210
Q

Sporangium: with varying size and with flattened base

211
Q

Hyphae: not as wide as other

A

Syncephalastrum

212
Q

Zygomycetes: branches at right angles

A

Syncephalastrum

213
Q

Sporangiophores: arise sympodially; long and erect; branches are short and curved; enlarges to a swollen vesicle

A

Syncephalastrum

214
Q

Hershey’s

215
Q

Internodal

A

Absidia

Rhizomucor

216
Q

Rudimentary

A

Absidia

Rhizomucor

Syncephalastrum

217
Q

Arched stolon

218
Q

Variable

219
Q

Solitary

220
Q

None

221
Q

No apophysis

222
Q

Globose

A

Rhizomucor

223
Q

Wide hyphae

A

Rhizomucor

224
Q

Hemispherical

225
Q

Nodal

226
Q

Well developed

227
Q

Columella collapses

228
Q

Round vesicle

A

Syncephalastrum

229
Q

Straight, branching

A

Syncephalastrum

230
Q

Merosporangia

A

Syncephalastrum

MYCOLOGY AND VIROLOGY (24 decks)

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