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Question | Answer |
Mould Like | Numerous fibrous hyphae, may have nuclei, may be septate (visible divide between cells) or aseptate |
Yeast Like | Round cells |
Dimorphic | Take both forms |
Mould Reproduction- Fruiting Structure | A sprandium of many spores connected to the hyphae by a sporaglophore |
Mould Reproduction- Chlamydospores | Very hardy |
Mould Reproduction- Conidia | Chains of spores found at the end of the hyphae |
Mould Reproduction- Sexual Spores | Spores that require fertilisation to develop |
Yeast Reproduction- Budding | A small cell develops from larger one |
Yeast Reproduction- Fission | Cell splits evenly into two |
Yeast Reproduction- Pseudohyphae | Structure that may occur temporarily during yeast reproduction |
Sabourads Dextrose Agar (SDA)- Characteristics | pH- 5.6 (so bact cannot grow) peptone glucose agar |
SDA- Incubation | 25 degrees |
SDA- Mould colonies | Large mould like (duh) colony in the centre |
SDA- Yeast colonies | Occur as pasty, shiny, individual colonies |
Lactophenol Cotton Blue Preparation- Dye | Main diagnostic dying tool |
Lactophenol Cotton Blue Preparation- Aspergillus | Flower like structure on hyphael stalk with spores on teh end |
Lactophenol Cotton Blue Preparation- Fusarium | Thinner hyphae with clustered spores |
Lactophenol Cotton Blue Preparation- Micropsporon | Woodlouse like structure |
Lactophenol Cotton Blue Preparation- Picillum | Appears wheatlike, chain of candida at the end of the hyphae |
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