Mold- Exam 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

Mold- Exam 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

1. Hypha, which has What is the basic unit of a mold?
a rigid cell wall
and increases in
length due to api-
cal growth. They
are divided by
septa.

2. Conidia, micro- How do molds reproduce?
scopic spores.
(Asexual repro-
duction)

3. Macroconidia What is it called when there are 2 types of conidia?
(larger) and
microconidia
(small)




4. They grow on the What are Chlamydospores?
side and have no
purpose...




5. Anamorph state Mold growing asexually is called...

6. Teleomorph state Mold growing sexually is called...

7. Dermatophytosis Supperficial infection of hair, skin and nails, also called ringworm or tinea.
-Trichophyton

, -Microsporum
-Epidermophyton spp.




8. Tinea pedis ringworm on foot

9. Tinea unguium ringworm on nails

10. Tinea manuum ringworm on hands

11. Tinea cruris ringworm on groin

12. Tinea corporis ringworm on head

13. Tinea facei ringworm on face

14. Tinea barbae ringworm on beard

15. Tinea capitis ringworm on scalp

16. Endemic Mycosis Caused by dimorphic fungi, superficial to systemic infections
-Coccidioides spp. causes coccidiodomycosis
-Histoplasma capsulatum causes histoplasmosis
-Blastomyces spp. causes blastomycosis
-Paracoccidioides spp. causes paracoccidiomycosis
-Talaromyces marneffei causes penicilliosis

17. Hyalohyphomyco- Infections due to colorless, filamentous septate molds that adopt a hyphal tissue
sis form. Superficial to systemic infections.
-Aspergillus spp.