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Mycology - Fungi Flashcards

- introduction - general characteristics - subcellar structures - disease - classification

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Branch of biology dealing with fungi

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Mycology

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Organism

  • without chlorophyll
  • with nucleus
  • producing spores
  • reproduces sexually (perfect) or asexually (imperfect)
  • somatic structures have cell walls containing cellulose, chitin or both
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Fungus

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water molds

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Oomycetes

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algae

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heterokonts

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stramenopiles

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heterokonts (algae)

oomycetes (water molds)

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fruit mold

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Botrytis cinerea

- botrys (grape) + itis (disease)

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Huitlacoche

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Corn smut (origin: Mexico)
- caused by pathogenic fungus Ustilago maydis
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Chlorophyllum molybdites

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common name:

  • false parasol
  • green-spored parasol
  • ‘vomiter’
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Macrolepiota procera

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common name:

  • The Edible Parasol Mushroom
  • Lepiota
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Fungi used as biocontrol agents against insect pests

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Entamopathogenic fungi

- White muscadine disease

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Unique caterpillar-fungus fusion

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Yarsagumba/ Yarsha Gumba

  • Ophiocordyceps sinensis
  • world’s most expensive biological resource
  • harvested btwn mid April-July
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Beneficial effects of fungi

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  • decomposition
  • biosynthetic factories
  • antibiotics
  • model organisms for biochemical/genetic studies
  • recombinant DNA technology
  • edible
  • nutritional supplements
  • flavour
  • important alkaloids
  • malaria control
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harmful effects of fungi

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  • destruction of commercial goods
  • animal/human diseases
  • toxins
  • plant diseases
  • spoilage
  • damage
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honey fungus of species Armillaria ostoyae

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largest living fungus in the world

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general characteristics of fungi

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  • Eukaryotic
  • non-photosynthetic
  • heterotrophic
  • general taxonomy is constantly in a state of flux
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Heterotroph

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organism that must ingest or absorb organic carbon in order to be able to produce energy & synthesize compounds to maintain its existence

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eukaryotic organism

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cells contain membrane bound cell organelles (nuclei, mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, ER, lysosomes, etc.)

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Rigid cell wall contains:

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  • Glucan
  • Mannan
  • Chitin (no peptidoglycan)
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Cell membrane contains:

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  • sterols (ergosterol)

- 80S ribosomes

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most common body structures:

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  • multicellular filaments (molds)

- single cells (yeasts)

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some species grow as either A or B or AB:

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A: filaments
B: Yeasts
AB: both (dimorphic)

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Reproduction types:

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  • sexual (perfect)

- asexual (imperfect)

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fungi produce spores: T/F

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True

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Fungal Organisms can grow in common media: T/F? If T, what temp? Name of media?

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True; 20-25 C

- SabDex agar

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Fungal Organisms can grow in blood agar: T/F? If T, what temp? What phase?

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True; 37 C

- In yeast phase

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Fungal can form in 2 types of colonies: T/F? If T, what types of colonies?

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  1. Filamentous - mold

2. Yeast form - yeast

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Mold: Macroscopic

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  • growth rate
  • colony appearance
  • pigment
  • colony morphology
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Mold: Microscopic

Vegetative mycelium

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  • develops inside substrate

- provides support and absorbs nutrients

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Reproductive mycelium

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differentiation to support fruiting bodies, propagules

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Mycelium

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filamentous mass of hyphae

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2 kinds of hyphae

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  1. septate hypha

2. coenocytic hypha

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septa (crosswalls)

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divide hyphae into compartments but not into individual cells
- in some groups, nuclei/cytoplasm can flow through hole or pore in center of septa

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Filamentous structures - BODY

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thallus and consists of hyphae

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hyphae

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long filaments of cells joined together

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vegetative hyphae

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obtain nutrients

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aerial hyphae

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bear reproductive structures

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Yeast structure

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  • non filamentous, unicellular fungi
  • spherical or oval
  • reproduce by budding
  • when buds fail to detach called: pseudohyphae
  • e.g. Candida albicans
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Candidiasis

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  • common normal flora of gut in animals
  • usually commensal organism
  • can become pathogenic during immunosuppression
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Dimorphic fungi

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  • change from mycelial form (@room temp) to yeast (@37 C)
  • regulated by:
    • temp
    • Co2 concentration
    • pH
    • levels of cysteine or other sulfahydryl- containing compounds
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Fungal Repro: Sexual (Perfect)

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  • demonstrated in only few fungi

- fusion of 2 haploid nuclei followed by MEIOTIC division of diploid nucleus

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Fungal Repro: Asexual (imperfect)

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  • very effective

- division of nuclei by MITOSIS and subsequent cell division by individual fungus

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3 Mechanisms of Asexual Fungal Repro

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  1. Sporulation: followed by germination of spores
    - e.g. Aspergillus and Penicillium
  2. Fragmentation of hyphae
    - e.g. Coccidioides immitis
  3. Budding of yeast cells
    - e.g. Candida and Cryptococcus
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Except for dimorphic fungi and dermatophytes (pathogens), fungi rarely cause disease in healthy, immunocompetent animals. T/F?

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True

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Pathogenic fungi

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  • cause ringworm and more
  • Common Mycoses
    • Blastomycosis
    • Histoplasmosis
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Opportunistic fungi

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seldom cause disease with exception of immunocompromised individuals

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Factors which may predispose to fungal invasion of tissues

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  • immunosuppression
  • prolonged antibiotic therapy
  • immunological defects
  • immaturity, aging, malnutrition
  • exposure to heavy challenge of fungal spores
  • traumatized tissue
  • persistant moisture on skin surface
  • neoplastic condition
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Deep mycoses

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Systemic mycoses

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cutaneous mycoses

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  • superficial (on skin, hair, nails)
    • keratinized outermost layers
  • cutaneous (within skin, hair, nails)
    • keratinized layers
  • subcutaneous (beneath skin)
    • dermis, SQ tissues, muscle, fascia, bone
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fungal diseases classified according to 2 things:

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  1. mode of entry into the host

2. degree of tissue involvement

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Cutaneous mycoses (dermatophytoses)

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epidermal layers: evoke immune response caused by dermatophytes
- e.g. Trychophytum, Microsporum, Epidermophyton

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Dermatomycoses

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skin diseases due to other fungi like Candida

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Superficial

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outer skin layer: no immune response

- caused mostly by yeast

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Subcutaneous mycoses

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chronic infection of subnormal tissues

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Deep/Systemic Mycoses

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mostly originating in lung by inhalation caused by virulent dimorphic fungi
- e.g. Coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis

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Superficial Infection

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Tinea Versicolor

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Immunity to Fungal infections

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  • cell-mediated

- antibodies produced (with exception of superficial dermatophyte infections)

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Granulomatous

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lesions that resemble mycobacteriosis and other diseases caused by facultative intracellular bacteria

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Disease: Ringworm

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  • aka dermatophyte infections/dermatophytoses
  • causative fungus: microsporum spp, trichophyton spp.
  • affects: all domestic animals & man
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Disease: Aspergillosis

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  • causative fungus: Aspergilluss spp.

- affects: cattle, horse, poultry

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Disease: Candidiasis

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  • causative fungus: Candida albicans

- affects: avian spp, dogs, cats, man, pigs

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Disease: Blastomycosis

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  • causative fungus: Bastomyces dermatidis

- affects: dogs, humans, cats, horses, and occasionally other animals

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Dermatophytes (cutaneous mycoses)

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  • molds capable of parasitizing only keratinized epidermal structures
  • aka dermatophytosis or ringworm
  • zoonotic
  • causative agents: microsporum
    trichophyton
    epidermophyton
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Anthropophilic dermatophytes

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human reservoir

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Zoophilic dermatophytes

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animal reservoir

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Geophilic dermatophytes

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soil reservoir

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Ringworm

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  • superficial dermatophyte infection

- caused by fungus: Trichophyton rubrum in humans

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Pathology: Initial phase

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subclinical or mild host response

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Pathology: Later phase

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more pronounced inflammatory response

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Dermatophytosis in Cattle

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T. verrucosum

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Dermatophytosis in Horses

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T. equinum

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Dermatophytosis in Pigs

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M. nanum

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Dermatophytosis in Poultry

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M. gallinae

- Avian ringworm or favus

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Opportunistic mycosis

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  • Candida albicans: Candidiasis
  • Cryptococcus neoformans: Cryptococcosis
  • Aspergillus sp.: Aspergillosis
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Candidiasis

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  • caused by C. albicans and other Candida spp.
  • most common opportunistic fungal infection
  • superficial or deep
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Superficial candidiasis

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  • may involve epidermal and mucosal surfaces
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Deep (visceral) candidiasis major portals of entry

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alimentary tract and intravascular catheters

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Deep (visceral) candidiasis major organ sites involved

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kidneys, liver, spleen, brain, eyes, heart and other tissues

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Deep (visceral) candidiasis risk factors and predispositions

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  • long term courses of broad spectrum antibiotics
  • cytotoxic chemotherapy
  • cortiosteroids
  • vascular catheters
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Tx Antifungal agent

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drug that selectively eliminates fungal pathogens from a host with minimal toxicity to the host

  • inhibit DNA/RNA synthesis
  • inhibit synthesis of glucans in cell wall
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Amphotericin B

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binds with ergosterol: a component of fungal cell membranes -> forms pores that cause cell leakage and cell death

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Polyene Antifungal Drugs

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Amphotericin, nystatin and pimaricin interact with sterols (ergosterol) in cell membrane

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Azole Antifungal Drugs

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Fluconazole, itraconazole, and ketoconazole inhibit cytochrome P450 dependent enzymes involved in biosynthesis of ergosterol

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Allylamine and Morpholine Antifungal Drugs

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Allylamines (naftifine, terbinafine) inhibit ergosterol biosynthesis

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Antimetabolite Antifungal Drugs

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5-fluorocytosine acts as an inhibitor of both DNA/RNA synthesis

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Mycotoxins

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  • toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi
  • structurally diverse
  • not essential to fungal growth
  • produced periodically under fungal stress
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one fungi/mold species may produce many different mycotoxins. T/F?

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True

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Several species may produce the same mycotoxin. T/F?

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True

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Type of mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus spp.

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Aflatoxins

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Claviceps purpurea

mycotoxicosis?

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  • Yes
  • rye mold
  • produces ergot (alkaloid) -> ergotism (convulsive, gangrenous)
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Aspergillus

mycotoxicosis?

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  • Yes
  • produces aflatoxin
  • grows in many plant materials
  • low levels of toxin – carcinogenic (leads to aflatoxicosis)
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Amanita phalloides

mycotoxicosis?

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  • Yes

- poisonous mushroom/toadstools

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Equine Leukoencephalomalacia (ELAM)

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  • moldy corn toxicosis/poisoning
  • mycotoxin disease of CNS
  • most common mycotoxin-related syndrome in horses
  • toxin produced by fungus Fusarium moniliforme
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Porcine Pulmonary Edema Syndrome

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Fumonisin toxicity

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