Microbio Week 7 - Mycology (Mini Exam) Flashcards
Study of fungi
Mycology
What does fungi include?
Yeast and mold
Are fungi prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic
As eukaryotes, what type of environment do fungi require?
Aerobic or anaerobic
Are fungi plants?
NO, they don’t produce chlorophyll or energy via photosynthesis
Acquire nutrition from dead, decaying organic matter; aid in decomposition and recycling of carbon and nitrogen
Saprophytic
What do fungi breakdown in humans? What kind of people does this occur more often in?
Epithelial tissue (and spread into deeper tissue)
*occurs more often in immunocompromised people
What types of tissues are useful sources of nutrients for fungi?
Ischemic and necrotic
How many fungi are capable of causing infections in humans?
A few hundred
Why are fungi important to know clinically?
Can cause serious infections, may be resistant to antifungals
In what 3 ways are fungi diverse?
Appearance
Benefit/use
Ability to cause disease
How many morphologies can fungi display?
Some only display 1, others display combo
What are the clinically important morphological forms of fungi?
Yeast
Mold
Dimorphic fungi (display both yeast and mold forms)
Single-celled form of fungi; round or oval-shaped
Yeast
How do yeast reproduce?
Budding
Unequal asexual outgrowth from parent cell; produces genetically identical cells
Budding
What are the 2 routes that yeast can take when buds break off?
- Form single cell
- Elongate to become pseudohyphae
Chain of connected yeast cells that resemble hyphae, but constrict at the point of connection
Pseudohyphae
(think of a balloon animal)
What are 2 examples of yeast?
Candida
Cryptococcus
What is the multicellular, filamentous form of fungi?
Mold
What can mold filaments exist as?
- Hyphae
- Mycelium
Individual mold filaments
Hyphae
Masses/clusters of mold filaments
Mycelium
How does hyphae grow?
Lengthening filament and dividing nucleus
What may occur when hyphae grow?
Some branching
Cross walls
Septations
Mold with septations
Septate hyphae
Mold without septations
Aseptate/non-septate hyphae
Which type of hyphae in mold?
Majority of mold species; hyphae are smaller in diameter
Septate hyphae
Which type of hyphae in mold?
Mold species of the mucor group; hyphae are larger in diameter
Aseptate/non-septate hyphae
What is the branching pattern, presence/absence of septations, and hyphae in mold used for?
Distinguishing mold types