Terminology and classification

Fungal diseases are known as __________

Mycoses

what other diseases do mycoses mimic?

• inflammation

• granulomatous disease

• neoplasia

Most fungi are __________ or facultative __________

• aerobes

• anaerobes

Fungi obtain nutrition through ________ if they obtain it from the environment they are known as __________ if they obtain it from other living organisms they are known as ___________

• absorption

• saprophytic

• parasitic

Fungi are considered __________ and possess a ___________ and unique ________

• eukaryotes

• ridged cell wall

• cell membrane

The cytoplasmic membrane of fungi contains _________ which is a common target for anti fungal agents

ergosterols

The cell walls of fungi are ridged thanks to its make up of what components?

• chitin

• glucans

What are the two principal kinds of fungi

• yeast

• mold

yeast are generally ___________ while mold is generally ___________

• unicellular

• multicellular

yeasts reproduce by ___________

budding

yeast like fungi continue to replicate via ________ however they also form ______ which are chains of yeast without detachment

• budding

• pseudo- hyphae

Unlike yeast which are unicellular mold is multicellular and is made up of _______

Hyphae

The fundamental tube like structure of mold is known as _____

hyphae

Mold hyphae can take two forms one with continuous cells without walls known as ______ and the other with walls called _________

• aseptate hyphae

• septate hyphae

Mold reproduces through __________

spore formation

The ability to switch between yeast or mold is held by entities called ______________

dimorphic fungi

Dimorphic fungi are typically _______ in the cold/environment and ______ in the heat/host tissue

• mold

• yeasts

Most pathogenic fungi tend to be _____________ fungi

dimorphic

reproduction by spores takes two forms what are they?

• asexually

• sexually

Asexual reproduction takes the form of ___________ which produces and new entity via mitosis

budding

what are the two main types of asexual spores

• sporangiospores

• conidia

What are all 5 means of asexual reproduction in fungi

• sporangiospores

• Conidiospores

• Arthrospores

• Chlamydospores

• Blastospores

What asexual reproduction method of fungi forms a sac with non septate hyphae

Sporangiospores

What asexual reproduction method of fungi forms a chain of oval shaped spores at the end of conidiophores with septate hyphae

Conidiospores

What asexual reproduction method of fungi form box like septate hyphae

Arthrospores

What asexual reproductive method of fungi is produced by budding

blastospores

What asexual reproductive method of fungi is formed within hyphae and is thick walled

Chlamydospores

Sexual reproduction of fungi is known as ___________

Teleomorph

In the past sexual spores were used to classify fungi into three divisions what were they?

• Zygomycota

• Ascomycota

• Basidiomycota

Outside of the 3 sexual fungi classification ____________ existed which was only able to reproduce asexually

Deuteromycota

The asexual reproduction of deuteromycota could only be done through what spore type?

Conidia spore

Immunity to fungal infections is more __________ than humoral

cell mediated

The only communicable fungal disease are ______________

dermatophytoses

Most fungi _____ cause disease in immunocompetent animals

can’t

The only fungi that can cause disease in healthy individuals are __________ fungi

Pathogenic

What fungi are considered pathogenic

• dimorphic fungi

• dermatophytes

• aspergillus fumigatus

The only way for fungi to establish an infection are if what two things happen?

• decreased local resistance

• decreased systemic resistance

What are the general classifications of fungal disease

• cutaneous mycoses

• subcutaneous mycoses

• systemic mycoses

_________ are a toxic compound produced by some fungi

Mycotoxins