DEFINITION OF TERMS

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living on dead or decayed organic matter

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saprophytic existence

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fungal pathogens that exhibit either a yeast/yeast like phase and filamentous form

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dimorphic

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what temperature does molds form?

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25 deg. Cel to 30 deg. Celsius

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what temperature does yeasts form?

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35 deg. c to 39 deg. C

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lacks chlorophyll for photosynthesis

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achlorophyllous

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what do you call something that lacks roots and stems

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thallophytes

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two basic morphological forms of fungi

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yeasts and molds

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shape of fungi

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spherical to ovoidal

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moist, creamy, opaque or pasty colonies in media

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yeast

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filamentoous fungi

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molds

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multicellular, filamentous orgnisms

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molds

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fluffy, cottony, wooly, or powdery colonies on culture media

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molds

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structure of molds

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hyphae (hypha) & mycelium (mycelia)

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branching cylindrical tubules which are basic structural units of molds

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hyphae

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kinds of hyphae (7)

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aseptate
septate
spirals 
nodular bodies
racquet hyphae

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mass or group of countless intertwined hyphae that accumulates during active growth in the mold form

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mycelium (mycelia)

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types of mycelia

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vegetative or substrate mycelium & aerial mycelium

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grows on yeast at 37 deg. and molds at 25 deg cel

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dimorphism

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types of spores for reproduction

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sexual spores and asexual spores

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formed as a result of nuclear fusion

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sexual spores

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perfect fungi

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sexual spores

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spore contained in a sac-like structured called ascus

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ascospores

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spore formed at the end of the club-shaped structure called basidium

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basidiospores

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formed by conjugation between two morphologically identical cells

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zygospore

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formed by heterogeneous fertilization or fusion between unlike or dissimilar cells

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oospores

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formed without nuclear fusion found in fungi imperfecti

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asexual spore

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derived from the cells of te body of the fungus

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thallospore

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term ; body of the fungus

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thallus

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formed directly from hyphae by fragmentation at points septation

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arthrospore

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produced by budding with daughter being pinched off from portions of the mother cells

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blastospores

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in some species, blastoconidia may elongate and remain attached and forms structures called __

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pseudohyphae

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formed by enlargement of a hyphal cell in which there is a concentration of protoplasm and nutrient material

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chlamydospore

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large, round thic-walled resistant spores

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chlamydospore

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types of chlamydospore

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intercalary (within the hypha) sessile (to side of hypha terminal (at the end of hypha)

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asexual spores produced by singly or in groups by specialized vegetative hyphal strand called _____. (answer the question and then answer the missing underlined word)

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conidia conidiophores

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borne directly on the side of the hyphal strand or at the end of a long or short conidiospore

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microconidia

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other term of macroconidia

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fuseaux

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usually borne on a short to long conidiopore

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macroconidia

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large and club-shaped or spindle shaped

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macroconidia

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what do you call a flask-shaped projections?

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phialides

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what do you call a radiating chains of conidia

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phialoconidia

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produce spores in a large sac-like structure termed as ____ | spores are released by the rapture of the sporangial wall

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zygomycetes | sporangium

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classification of fungi | according to categories& clinical classification

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``` +according to categories ascomycota basidiomycota deuteromycota zygomycota ``` ``` +according to clinical classification systemic mycoses superficial or cutaneous mycoses opportunistic mycoses subcutaneous mycoses ```

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asexual fusion results in a sac, or ascus containing 4 to 8 spores (ascospores)

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Ascomycota

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examples of ascomycota

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trichophyton microsporum blastomyces

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sexual fusion results in formation of a club-shaped organ called a ___, on the surface of which are borne 4 meiotic products (______) (answer the question first and fill in the blanks)

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basidiomycota basidium basidiospores

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this is not a true phylogenetic group but rather an artificial class into which are temporarily placed all forms in which he sexual process has not yet been observed

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deuteromycota

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asexual spores produced in indefinite numbers within a structure called ___ sexual fusions results in formation of a resting, thick-walled cell termed as ___

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zygomycota sporagium zygospore

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hair, skin, or nails with direct invasion of the deeper tissues

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superficial or cutaneoous mycoses

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subcutaneous with dissemination to distant sites

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subcutaneous mycoses

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affecting different organs

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systemic mycoses

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fungi that attacks when there is a primary disease or in a immunocompromised host

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opportunistic mycoses