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Microbiology- Fungi Basics Flashcards

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Three basic caterogies of fungi

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  1. Yeast
  2. Mould
  3. Dimorphic (can grow into both, depending on environment. On skin turns into yeast)
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Important cel features of fungal cells (4 plus details)

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Cell wall: multilayered, carbohydrates, polysaccharides, proteins
Cell membrane: bilayer, glycoproteins, lipids, ergosterol
Nucleus: membrane bound
Cytosole complex: organelles, mitochondria, golgi, ribosomes, ER

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What proteins are in the cell wall of fungi?

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Chitin 
Glucans
Mannans 
Glucomannans
Galactomannans
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Sterol in cell membrane? And drugs a that bind it (3)

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Ergosterol
Nystatin
Amphotericin
Ketoconazole

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Asexual spores (5)

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  1. Conidia
  2. Blastospore product of budding process (yeast)
  3. Arthrospore easily carried by air
  4. Chlamydospore large thick walled spore
  5. Sporangiospore quickly formed spore
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Conidia spore

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Non sexual

Produced from transformation of vegetative yeast or hyphal cell

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Blastospore

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Asexual

Conidial formation through a budding process (yeast)

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Arthrospore

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Asexual
Type of segmentented spore
Very light- travels easily via air

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Chlamydospore

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Large thick walled produced from terminal hyphal cells

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Sporangiospore

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Asexual

Spore fromed within seconds

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What are the sexual fungi spores? 4

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  1. Ascospore (pneumocystis, candida)
  2. Basidiospore (Cryptococcus, malassezia, Trichosporon)
  3. Zygospore (Mucor, Rhizopus)
  4. Deuteromycotina (fungi imperfecti)
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What are some laboratory diagnostics of fungal diseases

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  1. Scrapings from skin and nails
  2. Hairs plucked from involved area
  3. Microsporum-infected hairs flouresce under woods light in dark room
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How do we obtain Amphotericin B?

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From Streptomyces Nodosum

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Mechanism of action of Amphotericin B?

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  1. Hyrdophobic interaction with ergosterol on fungi cell membrane Forming a PORE
  2. Potassium leaves Fungus causing cell death
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Classification of Mycoses (5)

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  1. Superficial
  2. Cutaneous
  3. Subcutaneous
  4. Systemic
  5. Oppertunistic
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16
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Superficial mycoses causative agents

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  1. Malassezia furfur - Pityriasis Versicolor
  2. Exophiala werneckii - tinea nigra
  3. Trichopsporon beigelii - white piedra
  4. Piedraia hortae- black piredra
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What disease is caused by MALASSEZIA FURFUR

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Superficial mycoses

Pityriasis Versicolor

18
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What disease is caused by exophiala werneckii

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Tinea nigra

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What disease is caused by trichosporon beigelii

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White piedra

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What disease is caused by piedraia hortae

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Black piedra

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