What is the difference between Pseudohyphae and true hyphae?
What is the difference between Pseudohyphae and true hyphae?
Pseudohyphae consist of chains of cells, which show various degrees of elongation, but still show a constriction between adjacent cellular compartments. True hyphae consist of long tubes with parallel sides and no constrictions.
What are Arthrospores?
Arthrospores are a very primitive spore type, formed by the breaking up or disarticulation of fungal mycelia. Many yeast-like fungi such as the genera Geotricum and Trichosporon form arthrospores. These organisms require a series of biochemical tests for definitive identification.
What is Chlamydospores botany?
The chlamydospore has been defined as a thick-walled, non-deciduous, intercalary or terminal, asexual spore formed by the rounding of a cell or cells (Ainsworth 1971). Chlamydospores fulfill a dual function in the genus Metschnikowia and germinate by budding or give rise to asci.
How are blastoconidia formed?
The formation of blastoconidia involves three basic steps: bud emergence, bud growth, and conidium separation. During bud emergence, the outer cell wall of the parent cell thins.
What are blastoconidia and are they dangerous?
The best documented blastoconidia are associated with the pathogenic yeast species Candida albicans, a fungus that on many occasions can be a pathogen in animals (zoopathogenic).
What is blastoconidium in yeast?
Blastoconidium is a holoblastic conidium that is produced singly or in chains, and detached at maturity leaving a bud scar, as in the budding of a yeast cell. Yeasts such as Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans produce budded cells known as blastoconidia.
Is there a cure for blastoconidia?
Controlling the infection caused by candida and their blastoconidia requires constant and intensive treatment. However, it has been estimated that the percentage of people who are cured of these diseases is between 70 and 90% of all infected individuals. The treatment that doctors usually prescribe consists of nystaine, either topical or oral.
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