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Fungi - Classification (Morphology) Flashcards

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Fungi domain

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Eukaryotic

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Fungal cell membrane made of

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Ergosterol

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3
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Unicellular/multicellular

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Both

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Asexual/sexual

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Both

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5
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Chlorophyll present

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None

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Yeast reproduction

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Forms buds that eventually detach from original cell

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Yeast spp

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Cryptococcus neoformans 
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (makes bread,wine)
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Yeast like reproduction

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Bud remains attached to mother cell and buds to form chains with pseudohyphae (not true hyphae-those are in moulds, no presence of budding)

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9
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Yeast like spp

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Candida

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10
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Mould growth pattern

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Grow as long branching filaments called hyphae

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Hyphae types

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Septate (segmented)

Aseptate (no segments)

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Moulds hyphae grow continuously to form a tangled mass called

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Mycelium

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Types of mycelium

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Aerial - non-motile asexual spore that projects outwards the surface into the air - called conidia
Vegetative - part of mycelium that penetrates culture medium - anchors mould

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Aerial hyphae location

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Produced on tip of hyphae/spore producing conidiophores

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Aerial hyphae development

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Spores detach when mature

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16
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Small conidium (spore)

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Microconidia

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Large conidium (spore)

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Macroconidia

18
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Conidia enclosed in sac (sporangium)

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Endospores

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Moulds reproduce by

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Forming either sexual or asexual spores

20
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Mould spp

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Dermatophytes, Aspergillus

Pencillium, Rhizopus, Mucor

21
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Thermally dimorphic

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Inside humans - become yeast

Outside - become moulds

22
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Dimorphic fungi spp

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Histoplasma capsulatum 
Blastomyces dermatitidis 
Coccidioides immitis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Penicillium marneffei
Sporothrix schenckii 
Emmonsia spp

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