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L-1_Prelim: Introduction to Mycology Flashcards

1
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What is the study of Fungi?

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Mycology

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2
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What is the study of fungi and their relationship to human disease?

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Medical Mycology

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What do you call the fungi that is considered as true pathogens?

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Historically Pathogenic Fungi

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4
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What do you call the fungi that is considered as opportunistic pathogens?

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Saprophytic Fungi

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5
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What are the two organisms that is under Medical Mycology?

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Single-celled yeast & Filamentous molds

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6
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It is also called as superficial skin infection.

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Cutaneous mycosis

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7
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It is also called as disseminated deep-seated visceral disease.

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Systemic mycosis

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8
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True or False: Saprophytic fungi only affects immunocompromised host, patient with immunosuppressive infection, patient undergoing high-dose cancer chemotherapy, and people donating solid organ.

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True

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What do you call the hyphae produced above the surface of the agar media?

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Aerial mycelium

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10
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What are the two classifications or types of fungi

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Molds and yeast

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  • Eukaryotic
  • Most fungi are saprophytic (they live on dead organic matter)
  • Fungi are yeasts (filamentous) and/or molds (moist)
  • Organisms that display both yeast and mold forms are dimorphic
  • They are thermally polymorphic when dependent on temperature

A. 1 statement is correct
B. 2 statements are correct
C. 3 statements are correct
D. 4 statements are correct

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C

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12
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Yeast = Moist
Molds = Filamentous
Yeast = Environmental
Molds = In vivo

A. 1 statement is correct
B. 2 statements are correct
C. 3 statements are correct
D. 4 statements are correct

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B

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13
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True or False: Environmental saprobes lives in living material

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False

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14
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True or False: Fungi that have more than one form or stage are polymorphic

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True

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15
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What do you call the asexual form of fungal sporulation, also known as imperfect state?

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Anamorph

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16
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It is a conidium derived from the fragmentation of specialized.

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Arthroconidium

17
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It is a fruiting structure that contains asci.

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Ascocarp (ascoma)

18
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It is a sexual spore formed within an ascus following meiosis.

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Ascospore

19
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It is a sac-like structure that contains ascospores, characteristics of Ascomycetes.

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Ascus (plural is asci)

20
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It is a sexual spore formed as an outgrowth of a basidium.

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Basidiospore

21
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It is an asexual spore formed by budding of the hyphal, pseudohyphal, or yeast cell.

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Blastoconidium (plural is Blastoconidia)

22
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It is a thick-walled resting or survival structure, also known as Chlamydoconidia

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Chlamydospore

23
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It is an enclosed ascocarp, composed of layers of hyphae that contain randomly dispersed asci.

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Cleistothecium (plural is Cleistothecia)

24
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It is a funnel-shaped structure at the apex of a phialide

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Collarette

25
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It is an extension of the sporangiophore into the base of the sporangium

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Columella

26
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What cell produces conidia?

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Conidiogenous Cell

27
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What do you call the specialized hyphal structure that carries the conidia?

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Conidiophore

28
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What is the asexual reproductive structure that forms on the side or the end of a hypha or conidiophore?

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Conidium (Plural is conidia)

29
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Pigmented conidia, spores, or hyphae due to the presence of melanin

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Dematiaceous (Phaeoid)

30
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It is a characteristic of fungi, wherein it display two morphologic types, one environmental (mold) and one in vivo (yeast)

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Dimorphic

31
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In the colonial morphology of fungi, what term is used for smooth colony?

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Glabrous

32
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It is a sexual reproduction requiring the interaction of two different thalli (mating strains)

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Heterothallic

33
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It is the anamorphic plus the teleomorphic state of the fungus; whole fungus.

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Holomorph

34
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It is a sexual reproduction that can take place within one thallus

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Homothallic

35
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In the study of fungi, what term refers to clear, colorless, or transparent?

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Hyaline

36
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It is the septate or aseptate vegetative unit of a mold.

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Hypha (plural is Hyphae)

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