Fungi
What is mycology.
This type of fungi causes infections of the skin.
What is dermatomycosis.
Blastomycosis is this type of fungus, which means it can act as a yeast or mold.
What is dimorphic.
Protozoa feed on this.
What is organic matter.
This type of pathogenic protozoa is transmitted via the bite of an infected mosquito and causes the illness malaria.
What is Plasmodium malariae.
Fungi include yeasts and?
What is mold.
What is Coccidiodomycosis.
Blastomycosis can cause chronic inflammation which is characterized by these.
What is granulomatous lesions.
Protozoa are eukaryotic and this type of organism.
What is single-celled.
The pathogenic protozoa Toxoplasma gondii causes this disease.
This is a multicellular organism that reproduces asexually via budding.
What is yeast.
This fungi is a common normal flora of the human mouth, but it can cause "thrush" or white patches to form when it becomes too numerous.
What is Candidiasis.
This is a collection of immunce cells known as histiocytes.
What is a granuloma.
Protozoa are what within the environment.
What is free-living.
This pathogenic protozoa can be found in unfiltered wter sources or unsanitary conditions and can be spread via infected stools or hands that have been unwashed.
What is Giardia lamblia.
This is a multicellular organism that grow in thread-like strains called hyphae that create a visible mass called mycelium. They also produce by an asexual process (conidiaformation) or sexually by exchange of genetic materials (zygote).
What is mold.
This fungi can be found in soils worldwide as well as pigeon droppings and can cause a potentially fatal fungal disease.
What is cryptococcosis.
This grows as mold in moist soil or vegetation and releases spores that enter the lungs via inhalation.
What is Blastomyces dermatitidis.
Protozoa act as these on living hosts.
What is parasites.
What is anaerobic.
How many types of fungi are there?
What is 7.
This fungi can cause two forms of ilnesses: primary, which is isolated to the lung region, and progressive which attacks additional regions. Can be commonly found in the Ohio and Mississippi Valley regions of the US.
What is Histoplasmosis.
When Blastomyces dermatitidis enters into the lungs it does this.
What is transform into a yeast.
This is the study of protozoa.
What is Protozoology.
The five types of pathogenic protozoa are Sarodcina, Ciliophora, Sarcomastigophora and this.
What is Apicomplexa.