Microbiology and Immunology 3820A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Agaricomycetes, Dimorphic Fungus, Saprotrophic Nutrition
1 Dec 2017
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Taxonomy: everything based on microscopic appearance can be deceiving, different stages of the same fungus can be given different species names but different genus names, exact same organism can have two names with different genera. Homobasidiomycetes: can kill you, psychoactive effects that people find pleasurable, make sick, densely packed tubules called hyphi which are tightly squeezed together. Fairy ring: you got fairy ringers when the leprechauns danced in a circle by the light of the. Mold: hyphae- any of the tubes, sporangia- produce spores, sporangiophore- hold up sporangium, rhizoids- like roots. Spores: released in enormous numbers from the mycelium, ubiquitous, can become airborne and present a contamination hazard in laboratories working. 3 on pathogenic molds: can be formed asexually (conidia), which is the most common way, or sexually (haploid, ascospores) Yeast: electron micrograph of a yeast, most common yeast that infects people is candida albicans, vaginal yeast, thrush, diaper rash.
