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Mycology

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Incubation temperature and duration for fungal cultures

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30C for 21 to 30 days

#2
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Muticellular phase of fungi

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Mold phase

#3
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Unicellular phase of fungi

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Yeast phase

#4
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Most common mold isolate

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Aspergillus spp.

#5
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Most common yeast isolate

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Candida spp.

#6
Front (Question)

When preparing temporary mounts of fungi, why is slide gently heated?

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To increase rate of clearing

#7
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Most commonly used mounting fluid to prepare fungal microscopy slides

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Lactophenol cotton blue

#8
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Fluorescent dye for fungi that stains the cell wall or chitin

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Calcuofluor white

#9
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Fungus medium for primary isolation and maintenance of fungal culture

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SDA (Sabouraud Dextrose Agar)

#10
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Antibiotics incorporated in the Mycosel medium

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Chloramphenicol & cycloheximide

#11
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Stain in Aman medium

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Cotton blue

#12
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Basidiospores, Ascospores, Zygospores, Oospores are examples of

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Sexual spores

#13
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Spore that resulted from simple fragmentation of mycelium

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Arthrospore (arthroconidia)

#14
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Coccidiodes, Aureobasidium, Trichosporon, Geotrichium are positive for _____

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Arthrospore formation

#15
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Test for demonstration of spore of aerial mycelium

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Cellophane tape method

#16
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“Spaghetti and meatballs” fungus

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Malassezia furfur

#17
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Media containing olive oil is used to isolate

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Malassezia furfur

#18
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Fungal infection of the skin, hair, and nail is called

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Dermatophytosis

#19
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Dermatophytes can be demonstrated using what specimen

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Skin scrapings

#20
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Skin and nails must be cleaned with _____ before the surface is scraped

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70% alcohol

#21
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Positive result in hair penetration test

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V-shaped hair penetration

#22
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Fungi that pose a major biohazard to laboratory personnel

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Coccidioides immitis

#23
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Histoplasmosis may demonstrate positive reactions with serologic tests for

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Blastomyces

#24
Front (Question)

Candidiasis infection affecting oral cavity

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Oral thrush