Mycology Flashcards
Baker’s yeast
Sacchromyces cerevisiae
Antler hyphae
Trichophyton schoenleinii
Ability to exist in two forms
Dimorphic
Sexual spore formed within an ascus following meiosis
Ascospore
Fruiting structure that contains asci
Ascocarp
Single-cel fungus that reproduces by budding or by fission
Yeast
Sac-like structure that contain ascospores, characteristic of Ascomycetes
Ascus
Sexual spore formed produced as an outgrowth of basidium
Basidiospore
Sexual reproduction requiring the interaction of two different thalli
Heterothallic
Structure that contains basidiospores
Basidium
Hyphae produced above the surface of the agar media
Aerial mycelium
Thick-walled resting or survival structure (aka Chlamydoconidia)
Chlamydospore
Specialized Hyphal structure that carries the conidia
Conidiophores
Enclosed ascocarp, composed of layers of hyphae that contain randomly dispersed asci
Cleistothecium
Conidium derived from the fragmentation of specialized Hyphae
Arthroconidium
displaying two morphologic types, one environmental (mould) and one in vivo (yeast)
Dimorphic
Smooth, referring to colonial morphology
Glabrous
Asexual reproductive structure formed in any manner that does not involve cleavage
Conidium
Blastomyces, Coccidiodes, Histoplasma, Paracoccidiodes, Sporothrix, and Penicilliumare example of what type of fungi?
Dimorphic
Exophiala spp, is example of?
Polymorphic fungi
Rapidly growing organisms found in soil
Zygomycota e.g Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia
Causative agent of Tinea versicolor, characterized by discoloration or depigmentation and scaling of the skin
Malasseza furfur
Hair fragments are floated on a sterile water supplemented with a few drops of 10% yeast extract
Hair perforation test
Media for yeast ID
Cornmeal agar
A term used for the absence of reproductive structure
Mycelia sterilia
Most common primary culture media
Sabouraud Dextrose agar
Positive result for germ tube test
Germ tube formation
Two organisms positive in germ tube test
Candida albicans. Candida dubliniensis
Secondary branches that support the phialides
Metulae
Horizontal hypha that connects one mycelium to another
Stolon
Positive result of woods lamp
Fluorescent
Specimen used to diagnose fungal meningitis
CSF
Causative agent of fungal meningitis
Cryptococcus neoformans
Used to demonstrate the capsule
India ink