Unit 5: classifications

Fungi (groups)

• Zygomycota

• Ascomycota

• Basidiomycota

Zygomycota

• Rhizopus nigricans (Black Bread mold)

Ascomycota

• Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• Penicillium

• Aspergillus flavus

• Trichophyton & microsporum (“Ringworm”)

• Histoplasma capsulatum (Mississippi Valey fever)

• Candida albicans

• Candida auris

• Coccidioides immitis (Valley Fever)

• Pneumocystis jiroveci (Pneumocystis Pneumonia)

• Claviceps purpurea (Rye mold)

• Stachybotrys chartarum (Stachy)

• Pseudogymnoascus destructans (White Nose Syndrome)

Basidiomycota

• Amanita muscaria (Alice in wonderland)

• Cryptococcus neoformans (meningitis)

Sarcodines

• Amoeba proteus

• Entamoeba histolytica (Amoebic dysentery)

• Naegleria fowleri (Brain eating amoeba)

• Acanthamoeba polyphaga (Meningoencephalitis)

Zooflagellates

• Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas)

• Giardia lamblia

• Leishmania donovani (Cutaenous/mucosal & visceral “Kala-zar”)

• Trichomonas vaginalis

Ciliates

• ONLY Balantidium coli

Sporozoans

• plasmodium falciparum (Malaria)

• Toxoplasma gondii (Toxoplasmosis)

• Cryptosporidum (Crypto)

• Cyclospora cayetensis

Algae

• Dinoglagellates

• Diatoms

Trematodes

• Clonorchis sinensis (Chinese liver fluke)

• Schistosoma mansoni

Cestodes

• Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)

• Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)

• Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm)

• Dipylidium caninum (dog & cat tapeworm)

• Diphyllobothrium latum (broadfish tapeworm)

• Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm)

Nematodes

• Ascaris lumbricoides (Intestinal round worm of pigs, horses, and humans)

• Toxocara canis (roundworm of dogs)

• Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)

• Ancylostoma duodenale (Human Hookworms)

• Trichinella spiralis (Pork roundoworm)

• Wucheria bancrofti (Elephantiasis)

• Dirofilaria immitis (Heartworm)

• Dracunculis medinensis (Guinea worm)

• Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)