Definition of Terms

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Asexual fungus

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Anamorph

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specialized conidiogenous cell from which a succession of spores is produced and which a column of apical scars at its tip

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Annellide

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ability of fungus to use a specific carbon or nitrogen source for growth

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Assimilation

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without septa/cross-walls

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Aseptate

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process of conidium formation

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Conidiogenesis

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Existing hyphal cell is converted into one or more conidia

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Thallic

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Conidia produced as a result of some form of budding process

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Blastic

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Asexual propagule (mitosis only) forms on the side or end of the hypha or conidiospore. It may consist of one or more cells. It is always borne externally, ie., not enclosed in a saclike structure such as sporangium.

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Conidium

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darkly pigmented.

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Dematiaceous

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Small and usually singled cell conidia

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Microconidia

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Large conidia that is segmented into two or more cells

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Macroconidia

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ability of a fungus to utilize a specific carbohydrate in the presence of other organic compounds, resulting in the production of gas

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Fermentation

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simply indicate that the carbohydrate has been assimilated

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Acid production (Color Change)

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All carbohydrates fermented by a fungus are also assimilated, but many compounds that are assimilated are not necessarily fermented

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True

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Cotton-like colonies

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Fluccose

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Spores that are spindle-like shape

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Fusiform

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Wax-like texture colonies

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Glabrous

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a self-sterile fungus; sexual reproduction cannot take place unless two compatible mating strains are present

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Heterothallic

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a self-compatible fungus; sexual reproduction can take place within an individual strain

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Homothallic

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colorless, transparent, transluscent

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Hyaline

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one of the individual filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus.

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Hypha/ Hyphae

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Filamentous fungus

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Mold

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Hyaline or lightly colored

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Moniliaceous

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Mass of branching filaments which make up the vegetative growth of a fungus

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Mycelium

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Cell with several nuclei

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Oligokaryotic

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Having few septa

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Pauciseptate

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a chain of yeast cells which have arisen as a result of budding and have elongated without becoming detached from each other, forming a hypha-like filament.

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Pseudohypha (pl., pseudohyphae)

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the connection between adjacent pseudohyphal cells shows a marked constriction.

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True Hypha

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Short branching hypha; resembles a root

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Rhizoid

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Having cross walls/ septa

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Septate

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monophyletic clade of species with equivalent clinical relevance.

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Species complex

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specialized hypha upon which a sporangium develops.

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Sporangiophore

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describes the development of a single conidium at successive sites along a lengthening conidiogenous cell

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Sympodial

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Sexual form of a fungus

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Teleomorph

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Vegetative growth of fungus

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Thallus

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Unicellular budding fungus

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Yeast