Medical Mycology Crossword

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Across
  1. 7. fungi that exist either in yeast form or as mold
  2. 8. an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular
  3. 10. too few neutrophils
  4. 13. the divider between cells in hyphae
  5. 14. The parasitic phase of this dimorphic fungus
  6. 15. spores that are produced in a sporangium
  7. 17. multinucleate fungal cell which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without their accompanying cytokinesis
  8. 19. a toxic secondary metabolite produced by organisms of the fungus kingdom and is capable of causing disease and death in both humans and other animals.
  9. 21. a spore produced asexually by various fungi at the tip of a specialized hypha
  10. 23. the most abundant fungal cell wall polysaccharide
  11. 24. form when the immune system attempts to wall off substances it perceives as foreign but is unable to eliminate
  12. 25. a disease caused by infection with a fungus
  13. 26. preparation allows microscopic identification of fungal structures; dissolves human cells
Down
  1. 1. this fluorescent stain can be used to visualize yeast structures from a clinical sample
  2. 2. a sterol found in cell membranes of fungi, serving the same function as cholesterol in animal cells
  3. 3. an essential part of the carbohydrate skeleton of the fungal cell wall
  4. 4. a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments
  5. 5. a type of asexual reproductive spore of fungi usually produced at the tip or side of hyphae
  6. 6. a type of fungal spore typically produced by segmentation of pre-existing fungal hyphae
  7. 9. eukaryotic single-celled microorganisms that reproduce by asymmetrical binary fission
  8. 11. the unit of asexual reproduction produced by budding
  9. 12. are the result of a sort of incomplete budding where the cells elongate but remain attached after division
  10. 16. _________ dextrose agar used to grow fungi and it inhibits bacterial growth
  11. 18. In most fungi, ________ are the main mode of vegetative growth
  12. 20. is the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae
  13. 22. the stain used for visualization of Cryptococcus neoformans capsule