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