FUNGI Flashcards
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cell wall of fungi has _____ while cell wall of bacteria has ______
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chitin; peptidoglycan/murein
2
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cell membrane of fungi has
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ergosterol/sterol
3
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yeast structure
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unicellular
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yeast reproduction
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budding
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yeast colonies
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moist, opaque, smooth, creamy, pasty
6
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diagnostic of yeast
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biochemical reaction
7
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temperature requirement of yeast
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body temp (35-37 degree C)
8
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formation of Blastoconidia
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Budding
9
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structure of mold
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multicellular
10
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mold reproduction
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fragmentation
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mold colonies
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woolly, fuzzy, waxy, glabrous, velvet
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mold diagnostic
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microscopic morphology
13
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temp requirement for mold
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room temp (25-30 deg C)
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structure of fungi for fragmentation
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arthroconidia
15
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vase like
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Phialides
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ring like
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annelides
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asexual spores
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conidia, blastospores, chlamydospore, sporangiospore
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sexual spore
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ascospore, zygospore, oospore, basidiospore
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fundamental unit of mold
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hyphae
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with cross walls
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septate
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absence of cross walls
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aseptate
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Fundamental unit of a mold
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hyphae
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Nonpigmented/Lightly pigmented
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Hyaline/Moniliaceous
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Pigmented by dark brown, melanin
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Phaeoid/Dematiaceous
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fungi that takes up the color of the stain
Hyaline/Moniliaceous
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Mass of hyphae that make up the thallus of a mold
Mycelium
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Vegetative growth of a fungus; includes an interwoven mass of hyphae
Thallus (pl. thalli)
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- Growing on the surface of agar
- For acquisition of nutrients
vegetative mycelium
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Filamentous extension above the colony
For distribution of spores for reproduction
Aerial mycelium
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Hyphae produced above the surface of the agar media
Aerial Mycelia
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Hyphae produced on the surface or extending into the agar media
vegetative mycelia
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Asexual form of fungal sporulation (imperfect state)
Anamorph
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Conidium derived from the fragmentation of specialized hyphae
arthroconidium
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Fruiting structure that contains asci (several types exist)
Ascocarp (Ascoma)
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Sexual spore formed within an ascus following meiosis
Ascospore
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Saclike structure that contains ascospores, characteristic of Ascomycetes
Ascus (plural asci)
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Sexual spore formed as on an outgrowth of a basidium
Basidiospore
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structure that contains basidiospore (e.g. mushroom)
basidium
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Asexual spore formed by budding of the hyphal, pseudohyphal, or yeast cell
blastoconidia
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aka Blastoconidia
daughter cell
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Thick-walled resting or survival structure
chlamydospore
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aka chlamydospore
chlamydoconidia
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Enclosed ascocarp, composed of layers of hyphae that contain randomly dispersed asci
Cleistothecia
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Funnel-shaped structure at the apex of a phialide
Collarette
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vase like phialides
phialides
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cell that produces conidia
conidiogenous cell
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specialized hyphal structure that carries the conidia
conidiophore
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stalk
-phore
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Asexual reproductive structure that forms on the side or the end of a hypha or conidiophore
conidium (plural conidia)
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Pigmented conidia, spores, or hyphae due to the presence of melanin
dematiaceous (phaeiod)
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Displaying two morphologic types, one environmental (mold) and one in vivo (yeast)
Dimorphic
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Smooth, referring to colonial morphology
glabrous
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Sexual reproduction requiring the interaction of two different thalli (mating strains)
heterothalic
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whole fungus; the anamorphic plus the teleomorphic state of the fungus
Holomorph
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Sexual reproduction can take place within one thallus
homothalic
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clear, colorless, or transparent
hyaline
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Septate or aseptate; vegetative unit of a mold
hypha (plural hyphae)
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Fungi that do not exhibit sexual reproductive structures (phylum Deuteromycota)
imperfect fungi
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Fungi that exhibit sexual reproductive structures
perfect fungi
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borne within a hypha
intercalary
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larger of two types of conidia produced by a mold
macroconidum
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Smaller of two types of conidia produced by a mold
microconidium
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Filamentous fungus that reproduces by sexual or asexual means
mold
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Mass of hyphae that make up the thallus of a mold
mycelium
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Enclosed ascocarp with a pore at the top through which the ascospores are discharged
pertithecium
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Cell with opening through which conidia are produced
Phialide
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vase like
phialide
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Connected yeast cells (blastoconidia) that resemble a hypha but contain areas of constriction between adjacent cells
Pseudohyphae
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Thick-walled, dematiaceous, muriform, rounded cells found in tissue diagnostic for chromoblastomycosis
sclerotic body
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cross wall in a hypha
septum (plural septa)
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A round structure containing endospores characteristic of Coccidioides species in tissue
spherule
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Stalk bearing the sporangium
sporangiophore
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Asexual spore produced within a sporangium
sporangiospore
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Saclike structure in which the asexual sporangiospores develop
sporangium
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Slender outgrowth of a cell bearing conidia
sterigmata
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Fungi that have different asexual forms of the same specie
synanomorphs
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Sexual form of a fungal sporulation (perfect state)
Teleomorph
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borne at the end of a hypha
teleomorph
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Vegetative growth of a fungus; includes an interwoven mass of hyphae
thallus (plural thalli)
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Fungi that grow at a high temperature
thermophillic
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Enlarged or swollen cell, often at the end of a conidiophore or sporangiophore, which may
also be within hyphae
vesicle
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Single-cell fungus that reproduces by budding or by fission
yeast
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A mucoraceous spore formed sexually by the union of two similar cells
zygospore
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asexual spores formed by fragmentation of mycelia into rectangular, barrel-shaped, or cask-shaped, thick-walled spores
arthroconidia
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sexual spored produced in a round, saclike ascus that usually contains two to eight ascospores
ascospores
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outgrowth of a conidium or spore that is the beginning of a hypha
germ tube
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no constriction
germ tube
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with constriction
pseudohyphae
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one of the important test for Candida albicans
germ tube
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tube like structures that are the fundamental unit of the fungus
hyphae
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group of hyphae
mycelium
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asexual conidia produced by formation of conidia by simple budding from mother cells, hyphae, or pseudohyphae; budding is characteristic of yeasts and yeastlike fungi
blastoconidia
