mycology intro
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- what type of flask is used for growing mold/yeasts?
- mycoflask
- what are the four types of culture media for mycology?
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-Sab Dex
-Brain Heart Infusion
-BHI/CC, Mycosel, Mycobiotic
-Potato Dextrose - What is special about Sabex?
- prevents bacterial contamination of mycologic growth; pH = 5.6 inhibits bacteria.
- What is BHI?
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Brain heart infusion agar
-an enriched medium that doesn't inhibit bacteria. - What is BHI/CC? 2 brand names?
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BHI with
-chloramphenicol to inhib. bugs
-cycloheximide to inhib. fungal contaminants.
Mycosel/Mycobiotic - what is potato dextrose agar for?
- a secondary media for sporulation and better identification of mold/fungi that ALREADY GREW on another medium
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at what temps do yeast grow best?
what other temps CAN they grow? -
37 degrees
25-30 - at what temps do molds grow best?
- only 25-30; 37 inhibits them
- how many weeks should you grow a fungi before calling it neg?
- 4 weeks
- do you observe macroscop. morph the same way for molds and yeasts?
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almost, but not quite.
Yeast don't have mycelium (aerial or vegetative) -
what 5 characteristics do you look for in yeast, macroscop?
what texture do they tend to be? -
texture
shape
elevation
color
odor
-Tend to be waxy/glaborous - what are common characteristics of yeast then? (5)
- Pasty, round, convex, white-off-white, bread/brewery odor, waxy/glaborous
- what about fungi makes staining difficult?
- chitin in their cell wall - they appear clear then.
- what type of staining is done for fungi?
- LPCB prep
- what is LPCB, purpose of each component?
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Lactol Phenol Cotton Blue stain
-Lactic acid clears fungus for better visibility
-Phenol kills the fungus
-Cotton blue stains the fungus - 4 types of Mold Preps:
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direct
tease
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slide culture - what are 3 types of direct preps for MOLDS?
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1. saline - a wet mount but its clear b/c fungi don't stain.
2. LPCB - most common.
3. KOH - clears keratin away in nail and hair preps. - What are pseudohyphae, and what are they seen in?
- look like long filaments of hyphae in YEASTS, but just elongated yeast cells
- what types of spores are seen in yeast?
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-blastoconidia
-chlamydospores
-arthroconidia - what types of spores are seen in molds?
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-arthroconidia
-blastoconidia
-chlamydoconidia
-microconidia
-macroconidia
-phialoconidia
-sporangiospores