MYCOVIRO - CH 60 of book part 2 Flashcards
Type of conidia of microsporum spp
-large, spindle-shaped, echinulate, rough-walled, septated
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macroconidia
Type of conidia of microsporum spp
-small, club-shaped, born on hyphae
microconidia
most important cause of tinea capitis; anthropophilic
M. audouinii
infected hairs: yellow-green under Wood’s lamp
M. audouinii
colony: velvety aerial mycelium that is colorless to light gray to tan
M. audouinii
reverse side: salmon-pink to reddish brown
M. audouinii
terminal chlamydoconidia, antler (curved, freely branching) and raquet (enlarged, club-shaped) hyphae
M. audouinii
favic chandeliers, pectinate bodies
M. audouinii
does not grow on rice
M. audouinii
anthropophilic microsporum
M. audouinii
zoophilic microsporum
M. canis
causes ringworm infection in dogs and cats
M. canis
fluoresce bright yellow-green under Wood’s lamp
M. canis
small spores outside the hair (ectothrix)
M. canis
M. gypseum
growth on rice used to differentiate which Microsporum species
Audouinii (-) and canis (+)
- colony: granular or fluffy with feathered border, white to buff, lemon-yellow to yellow-orange fringe at
the periphery
M. canis
- reverse side: bright yellow
M. canis
- macroconidia: spindle-shaped, echinulate (with spiny projections), thick-walled and with curved ends
M. canis
- microconidia: rare, few
M. canis
- grows on rice
M. canis
geophilic microsporum
M. gypseum
does not fluoresce under Wood’s lamp
irregularly covered with arthroconidia
M. gypseum
- ectothrix infection: hair
M. canis
M. gypseum
- reverse side: orange to brownish
M. gypseum
macroconidia: thick-walled, large, ellipsoidal, with rounded ends, echinulate surface
M. gypseum