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mold
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long, tangled filaments of cells in visible colonies
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yeasts
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unicellular fungi
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dimorphic
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mold/yeasts base in different temperatures
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hyphae
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a vegetative filament
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mycelium
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a mass of hyphae
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chitin
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makes up cell wall
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septa
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separates the cytoplasm
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ceenocytic
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hyphae with many nuclei
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saprobic
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decomposes/recycles organic materials
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mycorrhizae
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fungi that grows on roots of plants
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blastospore
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budding cell
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5 phyla
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chytridomycota, glomeromycota, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, and basidiomycetes
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chytridomycota
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olest fungi
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glomeromycota
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fungi associated with plants; mitosporic
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mitosporic
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lacks sexual phase
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ascomycetes
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fungi in bread;
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ascospore
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a spore contained in an ascus. There are 8.
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lichens
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result of mutalisitc reaction between fungus and photosynthetic organims
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basidiomycetes
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mostly not pathogenic; agaricus and amanita are poisonous.
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poisonous species of basidiomycetes
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agaricus and amanita
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fungal disease of the skin
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dermatophytosis
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actual name of ringworm
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tinea
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site of infection of tinea
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skin, hair, nails
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transmission of tinea
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direct contact
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3 major genera of dermatophytes
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trichophyton, microsporon, epidermophyton
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tinea pedis
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tinea on foot
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tinea capitis
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tinea on scalp
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tinea corporis
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tinea on body
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tinea cruris
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tinea on genitalia
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candida albicans
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most common cause of yeast infections
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vulvovaginitis
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yeast infection
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oral thrush
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white/yellow growth containing yeast in mouth
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genital thrus
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white/yellow growth containing yeast on genitals
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sporotrichosis
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infection from garden work; can cause pus-filled lesions
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chromoblastomycosis
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infection on subcutaneous skin and tissue
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danger of chromoblastomycosis
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secondary bacterial infections
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cryptococcosis
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LRT disease in AIDS patients
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mode of transmission of cryptococcosis
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bird poop
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diagnosis of cryptococcosis
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check from spinal tap
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site of infection of cryptococcosis
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lungs, CSF
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fungi that causes cryptococcosis
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cryptococcus neoformans
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histoplasmosis characteristics
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dimorphic; transmitted through bird poop.
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blastomycosis characteristics
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found in the soil, transmitted through bird droppings; superficial and lung infections.
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coccidiodomycosis cycle
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arthrospore enters lungs, coverts into spherules which contain endospores that break out and enter soil which turns to filamentous fungus and then develops fully into arthrospores.
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site of infection for coccidiomycosis
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lungs
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valley fever disease
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coccidiomycosis
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pneumocystis fungi
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pneumocytis jiroveci
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diagnosis from
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sputum GMS stain tests;
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formerly used to diagnose...
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AIDS
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aspergillosis bacteria
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aspergillosis fumigatus
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farmer's lung disease
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aspergillosis
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aspergilloma
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localized areas in the lungs filled with fungi hyphae
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aspergillus niger
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reduces flatulence; nonpathogenic
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aspergillosis and aspergillos parasiticus produce
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aflatoxins
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an example of a carcinogenic aflatoxin
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B1
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paracoccidioides brasilliensis
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dimorphic; mariner's wheel is at yeast phase at 37 degrees
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mariner's wheel
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paracoccidiodes brasilliensis; yeast phase at 37 degrees
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ergotism
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grows on grains; produces toxins called alkaloides
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LSD
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derivative of an alkaloid in ergot
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two examples of polyene
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mystatin and amphotericin B
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what polyene do
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bind to sterols
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allyalamine example
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terbinafine/lamisil
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what allylamines do
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ergosterol synthesis
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imidazole examples
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miconazole, clotrimazole
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triazole example
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fluconazole
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griseofulvin is used to treat
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athlete's foot
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what griseofulvin does
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prevents formation of spindle fibers
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5FC
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messes with nucleic acid synthesis
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