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BMS 127 Lab Midterm 3 study Flashcards

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What fungus is used to ferment sake?

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Aspergillus

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What fungus is found in bleu cheese?

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Penicillium

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What causes black bread mold?

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Rhizopus zygospores

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What form of Rhizopus produces sporangiospores?

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Rhizopus sporangia

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What is the fungus that is known as Brewer’s yeast?

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Saccharomyces

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What are the three fungi that are known causes of athlete’s foot? Which is the most common cause?

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Microsporum Gypseum
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Epidermophyton floccosum

Trichophyton mentagrophytes is the leading cause

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What is the true pathogenic fungus that causes Valley fever?

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Coccidiodes immitus

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What is the cause of thrush and yeast infections?

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Candida albicans

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What worm-like fungus infects plants and produces a bullseye pattern?

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Alternaria solani

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What is the causative agent of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)?

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Pneumocystis carinii

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What amoeba has tapered pseudopodia and 8 nucei in mature form?

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Entamoeba coli

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What is the primary cause of amebic dysentery (Montezuma’s Revenge)?

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Entamoeba histolytica

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What is the flagellated protozoan that is the cause of giardiasis?

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Giardia lamblia

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What nonparasitic protozoan has a life cycle very similar to Giardia lamblia?

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Chilomastix mesnili

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What is the cause of vaginitis?

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Trichomonas vaginalis

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What is the cause of African Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis)?

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Trypanosoma brucei

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What is the cause of Chaga’s disease?

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Trypanosoma cruzi

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What is the vector of Leishmania donovani?

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sand flies

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What are the three granulocytes?

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Basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils

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What are the two agranulocytes?

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lymphocytes and monocytes

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What does Plasmodium cause? What is its vector?

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malaria; Anopheles mosquito

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What is the only ciliated protozoan that causes disease in humans?

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Balantidium coli

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What apicomplexan causes “zombie rodents”?

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Toxoplasma gondii

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What apicomplexan protozoan is the cause of cryptosporidosis?

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Crytosporum parvum

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What trematode can you ingest by eating contaminated water plants?

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Fasciola hepatica (common liver fluke)

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What trematode is the most prevalent parasite in the world?

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Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke)

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What is the scientific name for a lung fluke?

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Paragonimus westermani

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What blood fluke is the major cause of schistosomiasis?

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Schistosoma mansoni

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What is the scientific name for the beef tapeworm?

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Taenia saginata

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What cestode (tapeworm) uses dogs and cats as the definitive host and rabbits as an intermediate host?

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Taenia pisiformis

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What cestode (tapeworm) causes hydatid disease?

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Echinoccus granulosum

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What is the largest nematode (roundworm) found in humans?

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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What nematode (roundworm) is called a whipworm?

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Trichuris trichura

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What is the common name for Enterobius vermicularis?

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pinworms

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What is the most common cause of hookworm infections in Americans?

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Necator americanus

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What nematode (roundworm) is also known as a pork worm?

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Trichinella spirales

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What is the parasitic filial nematode that causes elephantiasis?

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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What is the common name for Pedicus humnaus?

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body louse

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What is the scientific name for crab lice?

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Phthirus pubis

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What is the scientific name for bed bugs?

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Cimex lectularis

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What is the scientific name for dog ticks?

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Dermacentor

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What is the causative agent of scabies?

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Sarcoptes scabiei

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What is the scientific name for eyelash mites?

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Demodex

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