MLT 108 Unit 2 Exam Questions and Answers
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yeasts reproduce by budding
fission of parent cell nucleus into mother
and
daughter cell
molds are _________ because of fuzzy
_________ aerial mycelium
growing above surface of agar
characteristic shapes of mold antler
hyphae racquet
spiral
rhizoids (rootlike)
hyaline hyphae are nonpigmented
lightly pigmented
dematiaceous hypae are darkly pigmented (melanin)
ability to exist in two forms based dimorphism
on
growth conditions
two phases of dimorphism mold phase (22-25C room temp)
yeast phase (37C with increased CO2)
, form yeast to mold in same culture polymorphic
fruiting structures for asexual conidia (phialoconidia)
reproduction
fragmentation of fertile hyphae in arthroconidia
asexual reproduction
Phyla: mucorales grow _________ rapidly
normally found in _________, soil
opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised
_________, sporangiophore
has _________ for _________ asexual
reproduction;
produces white aerial mycelium
two reproductive stages of Sporangiophore
Mucorales Zygospore
no mode of sexual reproduction Fungi Imperfecti
has
been identified for
contains largest number of Fungi Imperfecti
organisms that cause mycoses
(fungal infections)
_________ looks like _________ Malassezia furfur
microscopically, and causes Tinea spaghetti and meatballs
versicolor which causes patchy lesions, scaling, varying
_________ pigmentation
with Verified Solutions | Latest Updated 2026
yeasts reproduce by budding
fission of parent cell nucleus into mother
and
daughter cell
molds are _________ because of fuzzy
_________ aerial mycelium
growing above surface of agar
characteristic shapes of mold antler
hyphae racquet
spiral
rhizoids (rootlike)
hyaline hyphae are nonpigmented
lightly pigmented
dematiaceous hypae are darkly pigmented (melanin)
ability to exist in two forms based dimorphism
on
growth conditions
two phases of dimorphism mold phase (22-25C room temp)
yeast phase (37C with increased CO2)
, form yeast to mold in same culture polymorphic
fruiting structures for asexual conidia (phialoconidia)
reproduction
fragmentation of fertile hyphae in arthroconidia
asexual reproduction
Phyla: mucorales grow _________ rapidly
normally found in _________, soil
opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised
_________, sporangiophore
has _________ for _________ asexual
reproduction;
produces white aerial mycelium
two reproductive stages of Sporangiophore
Mucorales Zygospore
no mode of sexual reproduction Fungi Imperfecti
has
been identified for
contains largest number of Fungi Imperfecti
organisms that cause mycoses
(fungal infections)
_________ looks like _________ Malassezia furfur
microscopically, and causes Tinea spaghetti and meatballs
versicolor which causes patchy lesions, scaling, varying
_________ pigmentation
