Exam 1 Flashcards
This Giemsa Stain shows the intracellular yeast form of what fungi?
Histoplasma capsulatum
What is the larger black round structure being pointed at?
Sporangium
What are the smaller circular structures being pointed at by two arrows?
spores
What are the elongated thin structures being pointed at?
hyphae
What dimorphic fungi takes these two forms?
Blastomyces dermatiditis
What dimorphic fungi takes these two forms?
Coccidiodes immitis
What dimorphic fungi takes these two forms?
Histoplasma capsulatum
What dimorphic fungi takes these two forms?
Paracoccidiodes brasiliens
Name this opportunisitic fungi
Aspergillus umigatus
Name this opportunistic fungi (with a large capsule)
Cryptococcus neoformans
Candida albicans is an opportunisitc fungi. What forms can it take?
Budding yeast, pseudohyphae, germ tube and hypha
What are the sites of action of antifungal drugs?
Inhibition of protein synthesis, inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis, disruption of microtubules and mitosis, direct membrane damage, ergosterol inhibition (cell membrane) and cell wall inhibitors of glucan or chitin
What special stain is used for this image of Rhizopus?
Silver stain
This fungus acts as a parasite to arthropods and nearly destroyed the silk industry in China
beauveria bassiana
Give four examples of dimorphic fungi
Coccidioides immitis
Sporothrix schenckii
Histoplasma spp.
Blastomyces dermatitidis
These are hyphae that are pigmented
Dematiaceous
Name for hyphae that are non pigmented
hyaline
Name these type of hyphae
coencytic
Name these type of hyphae
septate
Name this dimorphic fungi
Blastomyces dermatitidis
What are the two main types of asexual spores of fungi?
Sporangiospores and conidia
Name this asexual spore of fungi. What species is this common in?
sporangiospore
zygomycetes (Rhizopus)
Name this asexual form of fungal spores
conidia
Name this subtype of conidia (asexual spore). What species are common for A and B types?
Arthroconidia
A - dermatophytes B - Coccidioides immitis
Name this subtype of conidia (asexual spores). What species are all three types possible in?
Blastoconidia
Candida albicans
Name this subtype of conidia (asexual spores) that are thick walled and resistant. When would these be produced?
Chlamydoconidia
In a hostile environment
Name these large muti-celled conidia produced by dermatophytes in culture
macroconidia
Name these small conidia which are produced by certain dermatophytes
microconidia
Conidia which are produced from phialides are called what? What species are they common in?
Phialoconidia
Aspergillus
What are the three types of sexual spores for fungi? How are they formed?
Zygospores
Basidiospores
Ascospores
Formed from Meiosis
What’s another word for Gram Pos bacteria?
Firmacutes
What’s another name for Gram Neg bacteria?
Gracilicutes
What are mollicutes? What makes them special?
Mycoplasma; they lack a cell wall
Name two small obligate intracellular bacteria
Rickettsia and Chlamidia
Bacillus anthracis capsule is composed of what?
poly – D – glutamate
True or false: a true bacterial capsule is part of a cell wall?
False. It is outside the cell wall
what is a unique peptidoglycan found in bacterial cell walls? Do Archae have it?
Murein. No
Techoic acids are part of what type of bacterial component?
Cell walls of G+
What bacteria have an outer membrane composed of LPS (endotoxin)
G-
What are the two components of the LPS in G- bacteria and what do they do?
Lipid A - toxic portion; Polysaccharide O - antigenic, adherance, resistance
A dormant, tough, non reproductive structure in bacteria is called
an endosome
What part of the bacteria is composed of phospholipid with no sterols
Cytoplasmic membrane
What is dipicolonic acid and where is it found?
helps with resistance, found in endospores, not in vegetative cells
What are the two types of Superficial or cutaneous mycoses
Dermatophytoses (Microsporum and Trichophyton spp.);
Dermatomycoses (Malassezia, Geotrichum candidum and Trichosporon beigelii).