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Fungi are prokaryotic/eukaryotic
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Eukaryotic
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What are fungi divided into (3)
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Yeasts
Moulds Dimorphic (both) |
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What are yeasts? Give two examples
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Single-celled budding organisms
Candida albicans Cryptococcus neoformans |
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What are moulds? Give two examples
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Organisms with branching hyphae (ong, branching filamentous structure of a fungus)
Aspergillus fumigatus |
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What are dimorphic fungi? Give two examples.
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Fungi capable of displaying both morphologies
Histoplasma capsulatum Penicillium marneffei |
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What is the main sterol of fungal cell membranes?
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Ergosterol
Ergo - you smell! c.f. cholesterol in mammalian cell membranes |
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What are the constituents of fungal cell walls?
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Polysaccharides - glucans, mannans
Proteins Chitin Some fungi have melanin in the cell wall |
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Give an example of a fungi with a polysaccharide capsule
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Infective species of fungi need to be able to grow at what temperature? - Think!
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37*C
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What are the big five causes of fungal infections?
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Candida species (esp. candida albicans)
Aspergillus species (esp. Aspergillus fumigatus) Pneumocystis jirovecii Zygomycete species (e.g. Rhizopus arrizus) |
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Sexual reproduction is usually...
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...the combination of two hyphae
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