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25 Cards in this Set
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What type of organism are Fungi? |
Chemoheterotrophic eukaryotic |
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True or False: Most Fungi are decomposers. |
True |
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What are cell walls of fungi made of? |
Chitin Mannans Glucans |
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How are Fungi divided into groups? |
Based on their sexual spores |
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What do antifungals usually target? |
Ergosterol |
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What three types of Fungi did we cover? |
Yeasts Molds |
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What yeasts did we talk about? |
Saccaromyces cerevisiae Candida albicans Cryptococcus neformans |
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What is Saccharomyces cerevisiae used for? |
To make beer, bread, and wine |
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Candida albicans are the common cause of what? |
Vaginitis |
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What causes oral thrush in infants and AIDS patients? |
Candida albicans |
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True or False: Cryptococcus neformans are encapsulated. |
True |
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What do Cryptococcus neformans cause? |
Meningitis and death |
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How do you get Cryptococcus neformans? |
Inhalation of soil enriched with pigeon droppings |
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What specific molds did we talk about? |
Coccidiodes immitis Pneumocystis jirovecii Aspergillus flavus |
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What does Coccidiodes immitis cause? |
Valley fever (a flu-like illness) |
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How often is Coccidiodes immitis fatal? |
Less than 1% of cases |
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How do you get Coccidiodes immitis? |
Inhaling arthrospores from arid soil |
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What is the clinical manifestation of Pneumocystis jirovecii? |
Pneumonia |
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What does Aspergillus flavus do? |
It invades grains (Reason to not eat moldy peanuts) |
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What kind of intoxication does Aspergillus flavus cause? |
Aflotoxin |
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What is the one mushroom we talked about? |
Amanita phalloides |
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What is another name for Amanita phalloides? |
The death cap |
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How soon does death occur after eating the death cap mushroom? (Amanita phalloides) |
Within a week or two |
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What does Amanita phalloides damage? |
Liver Kidneys Other organs |
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What present in Amanita phalloides inhibits RNA polymerase? |
Amatoxins |
