Mycology Flashcards
(39 cards)
Candida albicans
Yeast
Body and environment
Infection in mouth genitals internal organs
Yeasts
Unicellular
Aerobic/anaerobic
72-104 F
Fission (daughter cells)
Molds
Multicellular
No chlorophyll
Heat above 200 F
Segmented/unsegmented
Histoplasma
Soul that contains bat/bird feces
Inhalation
Contain food prod
Aspergillosis
Inhalation of spores
Contaminated food
Penicillin
Alex Fleming
Helps with production of certain cheese ham and sauasage
Rhizopus
Food products
Bread/ fruit
Mucormycosis
Malassezia
Common ear yeast if dogs
Food in genitals folds of skin toes
Coccidioides
Valley fever
CNS
Woods lamp
Easiest way to detect ringworm
Toothbrush method
Asymptomatic
Disease caused by dermatophytes
Ringworm
Fungi found on bread
Rhizopus
T/F
Molds can be anaerobic
False
T/F ringworm samples are recovered through centesis procedure
False
If the agar medium has a pathogenic organism what color will it turn
Red
Yeasts can produce asexually with the budding of daughter cells
Fission
Sporothrix is most common in what species
Equine
Find rhizopus
Food pantry
Rabies is always fatal once clinical disease has developed
True
Rabies
Bite wound or contact with saliva
Cryptosporidiosis
Fecal oral
Ornithosis (psittacosis)
Inhalation of agent excreted in bird feces
Contagious ecthyma
Direct contact with infective material