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52 Cards in this Set
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mycology |
the science and study of fungi-yeasts, molds and mushrooms |
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clinical or medical mycology |
study the mold and yeasts that cause infectious disease |
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dimorphism |
possessing two different appearance or phases; mold at room temperature and yeast phase at 37 c |
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macroscopic |
observing yeast or mold colonies on the front and reverse side |
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microscopic |
observing yeasts and hyphae and reproductive structures useful in identifying molds |
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macroscopic observations |
color, texture(height, cottony/wooly, velvetly, granular/powdery, glabrous or waxy) topography (flat, rugose(folded pinwheel), umbonate(elevated center), verruose(wrinkled)) |
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microscopic observations |
yeast, aerial hyphae (septate/aseptate, spores, phialides, conida), vegative hyphae |
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basic culturing |
ideal temp 30c, incubate at 25c to 37c, kept at least 4 weeks |
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fungal media selection |
sabour dextrose agar, inhibitory mold agar (mycosel), brain heart infusion |
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hyphae |
aseptate septate: hyaline (light) or dematiaceous (dark) |
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aseptate species |
absidia, rhizopus, mucor, cunninghamella, rhizomucor, syncephalastrum |
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rhizopus |
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rhizopus |
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rhizopus |
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rhizomucor |
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rhizomucor |
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rhizomucor |
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syncephalastrum |
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syncephalastrum |
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syncephalastrum |
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mucor |
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absidia |
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cunninghamella |
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septate contaminants- hyaline |
acremonium, aspergillus, fusarium, paecilomyces, penicillium, scopulariopsis, sepedonium |
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septate contaminants - dematiaceous |
alternaria, aureobasidium, curvukaria, epicoccum, nigrospora |
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acremonium |
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acremonium |
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aspergillus |
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aspergillus |
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paecilomyces |
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paecilomyces |
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penicillium |
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penicillium |
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fusarium |
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sepedonium |
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sepedonium |
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scopulariopsis |
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scopulariopsis |
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aureobasidium |
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aureobasidium |
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nigrospora |
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nigrospora |
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alternaria |
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curvularia |
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curvularia |
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epioccum |
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epioccum |
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epioccum |
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stachybotrys |
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stachybotrys |
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major plant pathogen |
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microscopic examination
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saline wet mount, lcpb, KOH, gram stain, India ink, calcofluor white
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