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1
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Baker’s yeast

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Sacchromyces cerevisiae

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2
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Antler hyphae

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Trichophyton schoenleinii

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3
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Ability to exist in two forms

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Dimorphic

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4
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Sexual spore formed within an ascus following meiosis

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Ascospore

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5
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Fruiting structure that contains asci

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Ascocarp

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Single-cel fungus that reproduces by budding or by fission

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Yeast

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Sac-like structure that contain ascospores, characteristic of Ascomycetes

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Ascus

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Sexual spore formed produced as an outgrowth of basidium

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Basidiospore

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9
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Sexual reproduction requiring the interaction of two different thalli

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Heterothallic

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10
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Structure that contains basidiospores

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Basidium

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11
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Hyphae produced above the surface of the agar media

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Aerial mycelium

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Thick-walled resting or survival structure (aka Chlamydoconidia)

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Chlamydospore

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14
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Specialized Hyphal structure that carries the conidia

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Conidiophores

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15
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Enclosed ascocarp, composed of layers of hyphae that contain randomly dispersed asci

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Cleistothecium

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16
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Conidium derived from the fragmentation of specialized Hyphae

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Arthroconidium

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17
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displaying two morphologic types, one environmental (mould) and one in vivo (yeast)

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Dimorphic

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18
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Smooth, referring to colonial morphology

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Glabrous

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19
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Asexual reproductive structure formed in any manner that does not involve cleavage

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Conidium

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20
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Blastomyces, Coccidiodes, Histoplasma, Paracoccidiodes, Sporothrix, and Penicilliumare example of what type of fungi?

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Dimorphic

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21
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Exophiala spp, is example of?

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Polymorphic fungi

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22
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Rapidly growing organisms found in soil

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Zygomycota e.g Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia

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23
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Causative agent of Tinea versicolor, characterized by discoloration or depigmentation and scaling of the skin

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Malasseza furfur

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24
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Hair fragments are floated on a sterile water supplemented with a few drops of 10% yeast extract

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Hair perforation test

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25
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Media for yeast ID

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Cornmeal agar

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26
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A term used for the absence of reproductive structure

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Mycelia sterilia

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27
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Most common primary culture media

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Sabouraud Dextrose agar

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28
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Positive result for germ tube test

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Germ tube formation

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29
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Two organisms positive in germ tube test

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Candida albicans. Candida dubliniensis

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30
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Secondary branches that support the phialides

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Metulae

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31
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Horizontal hypha that connects one mycelium to another

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Stolon

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32
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Positive result of woods lamp

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Fluorescent

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33
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Specimen used to diagnose fungal meningitis

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CSF

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34
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Causative agent of fungal meningitis

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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35
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Used to demonstrate the capsule

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India ink

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36
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Penetrating agent

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Dimethyl sulfoxide

37
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Most common mounting medium

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Lactophenol cotton blue

38
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Color of C. albicans, C. tropicallis, C. parapsilosis, C. glabrata/krusei in CHROMagar

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Green, metallic blue, white, pink

39
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Binds to the polysaccharide present in chitin

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Calcofluor white

40
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asexual spore produced within a sporangium

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Sporangiospores

41
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Funnel-shaped structure that carries the conidia

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Collarette

42
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Substance detected in birdseed agar

43
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Enzyme present in niger seed agar

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Phenol oxidase

44
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Organism who has the ability to reduce nitrate

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Cryptococcus neoformans

45
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Positive result of Rice media

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Microsporum auduinii - discoloration of rice

Microsporum canis - woolly appearance or production in the rice

46
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Positive result in Christensen Urea agar

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Trichophyton mentagrophytes - [+] pink

Trichophyton rubrum - [-] yellow

47
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Whole fungus; the anamorphic plus the teleomorphic state of the fungus

48
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Asexual spore formed by budding of the yeast cell

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Blastoconidia

49
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Sexual reproduction can take place within one thallus

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Homothallic

50
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Colorless or transparent

51
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vegetative unit of a mould

52
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Slender outgrowth of a cell bearing conidia

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Sterigmata

53
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Enclosed ascocarp with a pore at the top through which the ascospores are discharged

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Perithecium

54
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Cell wall content of fungi

55
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Asexual form of fungal sporulation (imperfect state)

56
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Borne within a Hypha

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Intercalary

57
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Vegetative growth of a fungus; includes an interwoven mass of Hyphae

58
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Larger of two types of conidia produced by a mould

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Macroconidium

59
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Smaller of two types of conidia produced by a mould

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Microconidium

60
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Mass of Hyphae that make up the thallus of a mould

61
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Cell with opening trough which conidia are produced

62
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Hyphae produced on the surface or extending into the agar media

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Vegetative mycelium

63
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Connected yeast cells (Blastoconidia) that resemble a Hypha but contain areas of constriction between adjacentcells

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Pseudohyphae

64
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Multi-cellular clump of cells that does not produce any spores or conidia

65
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Cross-wall in a Hypha

66
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Sexual form of Fungal sporulation (perfect state)

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Teleomorph

67
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Borne at the end of a Hypha

68
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Source of the first antifungal drugs

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Streptomyces noursei

69
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First anti fungal drugs

70
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Reverse dimorphism

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Malassazia furfur

71
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Colors of aspergillus colonies is best studied in what agar

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Czapek dox agar

72
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fungi that grow at a high temperature

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Thermophilic

73
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An extension of the sporangiophore into the base of the sporangium

74
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Stalk bearing the sporangium

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Sporangiophores

75
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Clearing agents

76
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Sac-like structure in which the asexual sporangiospores develop

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Sporangium

77
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cell that produce conidia

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Conidiogenous cell

78
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Primary anti fungal drugs that targets almost all fungi

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Amphotericin B

79
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Source of amphotericin B

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Streptomyces nodosus

80
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First antibiotic against fungi

81
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Source of nystatin

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Streptomyces noursei

82
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Converts largosterol to ergosterol

83
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Prevents oxidation of squalene epoxidase

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Allylamines

84
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Administer together with amphotericin B

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Flucytosine

85
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Inhibit glycan synthesis

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Caspofungin

86
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Inhibit chitin synthesis

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Nikkomycin

87
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pigmented in dark color

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Demetiaceous

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