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1. No cross walls Aseptate hyphae
2. Cell cross walls very evident Septate hyphae
3. Looks like antlers of a buck deer Favic chandeliers
4. Trichophyton schoenleinii Favic chandeliers
are diagnotic for
which fungus
5. Knots of twisted hyphae Nodular organs
6. Resemble tennis racquets Racquet hyphae
7. Molds at room temp (25-30C) and yeast at body temp Dimorphism
(35-37C)
8. Asexual reproductive structure, only formed in sep- Conidia
tate fungi
9. Conidium produced by budding (i.e. Candida, Cla- Blastoconidia
dosporium)
10. Formed by daughter cell pushing through a minute Poroconidia
pore in the parent cell (i.e. Bipolaris)
11. Conidia formed on a tube or vase-shaped conid- Phialoconidia
iogenous structure, a phialide (i.e. Penicillum, As-
pergillus)
12. Conidia that are grown from inside a vase-shaped Annelloconidia
conidiogenous structure, an annellide (i.e. Scopular-
iopsis) BOWLING PIN
13. Multicelled conidia Macroconidia
Only used when Microconidia appear also
14. Conidium that arises from a hyphal element, is asep- Microconidia
tate
Only used when with Macroconidia
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15. Thick walled survival conidia, formed when unpleas- Chlamydoconidia
ant environment conditions exist
16. Conidium produced by fragmentation of hyphal Arthroconidia
strands through septation points. May be adjacent
or have disjunter cells in between (i.e. Coccidioides
immitis - disjuncter cells)
17. Only formed in ASEPTATE fungi, formed by inter- Sporangiospores
nal cleavage of the contents of a sac called a spo-
rangium. Supported on a base, COLUMELLA, on a
stalk, SPORANGIOPHORE.
18. Sexual spore, contained in ASCI cells in a protective Ascospore
sac, ASCOCARP
19. Sexual spore, where protrusions at the tip of the Basidiospore
BASIDIUM form (Cryptococcus neoformans sexual
stage)
20. Sexual spore formed by fusion of 2 hyphal arms (zy- Zygospore
gophores)
21. Powdery colonies, flat and crumbly because of dense Granular colonial
production of conidia texture on agar
plate
22. Waxy colonies, smooth surface because they pro- Glabrous colonial
duce no aerial mycelium... ussually yeasts texture on agar
plate
23. Deep furrows irregularly radiating from center of cul- Rugose topogra-
ture (like rays of the sun) phy on agar plate
24. Bottonlike central elevation Umbonate topog-
raphy on agar
plate
25. Wrinkled, convoluted surface (like mountains)
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Verrucose topog-
raphy on agar
plate
26. Phenol kills organisms, while lactic acid preserves Lactophenol Cot-
fungal structures. Cotton blue stains chitin in fungal ton Blue (LPCB)
cell walls - permanent stain. wet mount
27. Potassium hydroxide will dissolve keratin in Potassium hydrox-
skin/hair/nail specimens, making fungal elements ide (KOH) prepa-
more visible ration
28. Used to stain for Nocardia spp. Modified acid-fast
stain
29. Used to observe capsules around yeast, esp. Crypto- India Ink prepara-
coccus neoformans tion
30. Calcofuor white is taken up into the chitin of fungal Calcofluor White
cell walls and produces an apple green fluorescence stain
- can be mixed with KOH prep too
31. Choice medium for general initial isolation - supports SABHI:
bacteria, fungi, dermatophytes, and yeasts Sabouraud Brain
Heart Infusion
Agar
32. Nutritionally richer than SABHI, should be reserved BHIB: Brain Heart
for normally sterile sites and anaerobic actino- Infusion with
mycetes Blood Agar
33. An acid pH 5.6 and nutritionally poor, inhibits growth SDA: Sabouraud
of bacteria, but still basic media Dextrose Agar
34. Contains gentamicin, which inhibits bacteria IMA: Inhibitory
Mold Agar
35. Blood is nutritious, and gentamicin and chloramphe- Brain Heart In-
icol inhibit bacteria. Nocardia and aerobic actino- fusion Agar with
mycetes will not grow. Blood, Gentam-
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