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Mycology Exam 1
First mycology exam
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Microbiology
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06/28/2011

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Term
anthropophilic
Definition
term applied to fungi that infect men only ( usually dermatophytes )
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Aerial
Definition
growing, forming or existing in the air
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arthoconidium
Definition
asexual spore produced in a sac-like structure known as an ascus, after the union of two nuclei
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The type of speciment collected dictated by..
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the site of infection. Collect with as little contamination as possible
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Specimens
Definition
collect at the appropriate stage of infection with a good amount. must be collected in sterile containers.
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blood is sent when..
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the patient is suspected of fungemia
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blood is collected..
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aseptically and inocculated into broth bottles containing SPS (sodium polyanethol sulfonate)
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Other bodily fluids
Definition
can also be used un fungus cultures. collected in tubes with heparin.
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Tissues can be tested for fungi cultures. true/false
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TRUE.
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Tissues must be
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grounded/minced using a mortar and pestle or tissue grinder.
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Urine is a common culture used to test for
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YEAST. first morning speciment is preferred in a sterile container.
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SPUTUM
Definition
can be used for fungus cultures. another early morning specimen following teeth brushing. specimen from the lung, not saliva. you can crush the granules to see fungi.
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Exudates
Definition
drainage. can be sent for culture
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CSF
Definition
fungus culture. centrifuged prior to inoculation of the media. tests for things like meningitis.
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What is used to differenciate fungi?
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texture, topography,& color
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Colonial texture describes
Definition
the height of the aerial specimen hyphae.
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cottony / woolly
Definition
very high, dense aerial mycelium filling the whole petri dish.
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Another term for cottony is..
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floccose
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Velvety texture
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low aerial mycelium which resembles a velvet sheath. raised by not high
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Granular / powdery texture
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flat & crumbly due to dense production of conidia. granular texture is rougher, like sugar. powdery is like flour. can be used interchangably.
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Glabrous Texture
Definition
Waxy. smooth surface with no aerial mycelium. eg: YEAST
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Colonial Topography
Definition
various designs of hills and valleys on fungal cultures. often masked by aerial hyphae. better to see on reverse side of slide.
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Rugose topography
Definition
deep furrows irregularly radiating from the center.
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Umbonate Topography
Definition
button like central elevation. may also have furrows.
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Verrucose Topography
Definition
colonies show wrinkly surfaces. buds are star shaped/have feet
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Crateriform Topography
Definition
central depression with a rasied edge. least commonly seen.
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Cerebriform Topography
Definition
colonies look like the surface of the brain
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COLOR
Definition
be specific - if there are concentric rings of different colors, observe all. Indicate colors on the front & reverse side.
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Dematiaceous
Definition
colonies with dark olivegreen-brown / brown-black pigment.
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What stains darkly with or without dye?
Definition
hyphae, conidiophores, and conidia.
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If a fungi is not dematiaceous, it is
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Hyaliine. meaning clear / colorless. possibly light pastel in color.
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Mycoses are fungal diseases classified based on
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tissue or body site invaded.
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Superficial Mycoses
Definition
affect outermost layers of skin and hair. Little threatening pathology. cosmetic effects
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Cutaneous Mycoses
Definition
destruction of keratin in nails, hair, and skin. doesnt invade deeper tissue.
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Subcutaneous Mycoses
Definition
involves skin, muscle, and connective tissue immediately below the skin.
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Systemic Mycoses
Definition
involve deep tissues, and organs. once the fungus reaches blood, it can spread everywhere.
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Organisms that contain true nuclei (eurkaryotes) and have no chlorophyll
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FUNGI
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Under the microscope, fungi are seen as either..
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hyphae or yeast
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Aseptate Hyphae
Definition
no cross walls, wide, ribbon like
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Septate Hyphae
Definition
cross walls. thinner
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Vegetative Hyphae
Definition
food absorbing portion of the hyphae called a mycelium. found under the surface of the colony
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Aerial Hyphae
Definition
extend above the agar plate. can support conidia
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Reproductive structures..
Definition
conidia
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Favic Chandeliers
Definition
look like deer antlers
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Nodular Organs
Definition
knotted twisted hyphae
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Racquet Hyphae
Definition
look like tennis racquets
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Spiral Hyphae
Definition
may be flat, turn like a corkscrew, commonly seen in older cultures.
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Yeast
Definition
oval/round. bud to form daughter cells
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Dimorphism
Definition
two fungus stages
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Stage one
Definition
room temperature. 25-30. Fungus grows mold. mold phase.
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Stage two
Definition
Incubation. 35-37 degrees. Grows yeast. Tissue phase.
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Fungi can reproduce
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asexually and sexually
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asexual reproduction
Definition
nuclear and cytoplasmic division (mitosis)
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sexual reproduction
Definition
fusion of two nuclei to a zygote
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Conidium is a
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asexual reproductive structure that forms on the side or endof hyphae on a conidiophore.
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conidiphore is
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a specialized hyphal structure that sits like a stalk. conidia form on this.
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Blastoconidia
Definition
also called blastophores. produced by budding. usually in yeast as candida.
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in some yeast, the blastoconidia can
Definition
elongate to form pseudophyphae. they form constrictions at the point of attachment.
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Phialoconidia
Definition
flask shaped. produce and extrude conidia without increasing or decreasing in length. EG: penicillium and aspergillus.
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Annelloconidia
Definition
vase shaped. as each is produced and extruded, the tip tapers. aquires a ring of cell wall. saw tooth appearance.
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Macroconidia
Definition
conversion of an entire hyphae into multicelled conidium. thin or thick. smooth or spiny. sessile, or on conidiophores. single or grouped.
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Microconidia
Definition
produced the same as macro, the new conidium remains aseptate. one celled. round oval or club. sessile, supported alone, or clusters on a conidiophore.
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Chlamydoconidia
Definition
thick walled. forms when there is unfavorable enviromental coniditions. stores food to survive. will germinate and produce conidia in better coniditions.
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Arthoconidia
Definition
fragment from the hyphae through septation points. thick walled - barrel shaped / rectangular.
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Sporangiospores
Definition
separate from conidia because they are only formed in aseptate fungi. conidia form in septate. formed by an internal cleavage of a sac called sporangium.
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sporangia
Definition
supported on a base or columella and supported by a stalk - like sporaniophore
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Ascospores
Definition
nucleus from a male (antheridium) crosses a bridge to a female cells (ascognium) once they form a zygote. it becomes an ascus.
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Ascus cells
Definition
divide by meiosis to form 4 haploid cells which divide by mitosis, to form 8 nuclei.
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ascocarps
Definition
medically important fungi completely enclosed and is called a perithecium.
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Basidiospores
Definition
binucleate mycelium due to fusion of two hyphaes. terminal end is clubshaped . zygote produces 4 haploid nuclei.
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basidiospores protrude from the end of the basidium.
Definition
the haploid nucleus travels into a basisiospore.
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zygospores
Definition
compatible hyphaes. form an arm called a zygophore that extend toward eachother. when they fuse, they form a thick wall (zygosporangium) where the zygospore develops.
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Fungi Incubation
Definition
some fungi require 3-4 weeks for growth
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Antifungal drugs
Definition
toxic and require long periods of treatment.
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Saline Wet Mount
Definition
can see budding yeast, pseudohyphae, and hyphae, and conidia. one drop of saline, one drop of specimen.
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Lactophenol Cotton Blue Wet Mount
Definition
Original staining method for fungi. preferred stain for examination of mold colonies.
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In LPCB..
Definition
lactic acid - enhances penetration for the solution to the hyphae. then phenol- kills living cells. cotton blue- staining chitin in cell walls. Gylcerol - prevents dehydration.
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Potassium Hydroxide Prep (KOH)
Definition
if specimen is skin nails or hair, cellular material may mask fungal. KOH dissolves keratin to make fungus more visible. In sputum, dissolves background making yeast more visible.
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KOH Potassium Hydroxide Prep
Definition
one drop 10% KOH. heat slightly. pass through flame 2-3times. allow clear, 20 mins then observe.
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Gram Stain
Definition
Fungi stain gram positive. most common on gram stain are yeast and pseudohyphaes. Hyphae are 2-3 times wider than gram pos. and yeast cells are 2-3 times larger than gram pos cocci.
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Acid Fast Stain
Definition
fungus like Nocardia stain acid fast. appear to be red. mistaken for mycobacteria. possesses branching filaments.
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India Ink Prep
Definition
used to see capsules around yeast. esp yeast cryptococcus neoformans in CSF specimens. dont stand out in black, but will be outlined in ink.
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Calcofluor White Stain
Definition
bleaching agent. Taken up into the cell wall. chalkwhite or apple green fluorescence depending on the excitation wavelength when observed.
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Giemsa Stain
Definition
hematology to study blood cells. mycology to search for yeast form histoplasma capslatum seen in blood smears or bonemarrow preps.
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primary media
Definition
specific fungal media are inoculated to initially isolate any organisms. Tube media doesnt dry out as quickly as plates.
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selective media
Definition
adds antibiotics
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some systemic fungi are fastidious therefore..
Definition
media contains blood for extra nutrients.
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Nonselective media
Definition
most common is SDA. Sabourarud dextrose agar. ph 5.6 nutritionally poor (only has dectrose, peptone agar and water)inhibits bacteria growth but allows fungi to grow!
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Selective Media
Definition
selective media must be paired with nonselective media. antimicrobial agents are directed at all microbes.
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Antibiotics in selective media
Definition
is an antimicrobial agent used against bacteria. EG: chloramphenical and gentamicin.
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Anti-mycotics
Definition
agents that kill or inhibit fungi
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most common anti-mycotic
Definition
cyclohexamide.
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Cyclohexamide
Definition
inhibits saprobic fungi (dont harm host - eat dead organisms)
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most fungi that infect men
Definition
are resistant to cyclohexamide.
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(IMA) inhibitory mold agar. with chloramphenicol used
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when cyclohexamide is sensitive.
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Selective Media
Definition
Brain heart infusion enriched with blood is useful with fastidious organisms. sheep blood too, esp for yeast.
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Media for Subcultures
Definition
Potato dextrose agar (PDA)encourages organism to make reproductive structures. enhances pigment production.
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Birdseed Agar
Definition
*niger seed agar
used for rapid identification of cryptococcus neoformans.
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Neoformans
Definition
produce phenol oxidase enzyme which results in production of melanin. dark maroon red to brown.
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Incubation Temperature
Definition
Fungal incubates @ 30deg. room temp @ 25 is OKAY. but fungi multiply more slow at that temp. incubation @ 37 may INHIBIT fungi growth.
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yeast incubation
Definition
37 deg.
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Incubation
Definition
Some fungi mature in 3-4 days, some take 3-4 weeks. All specimens should be incubated for one month before declared negative.
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Identify
Definition
morphology may vary greatly among strains
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MOLDS
Definition
final identification done with microscopic morphology analysis
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yeast & fungus like bacteria
Definition
biochemical tests are the primary basis for identification
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Slide culture Method
Definition
used when not enough info received to identify using LPCB. uses PDA PFA media. reproductive structures of fungus are enhanced by growth on these medias.
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Slide CUlture Media
Definition
cut a piece of agar from the petri dish. inoculate the sides of the block. incubate in a moist chamber to not dry out, then place on a slide with LPCB.
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In vitro hair penetration test
Definition
identify fungi called dermatophytes. uses sterile hair with a source of yeast extract for nutrition. hair is from young child, preferably light in color. incubate @ RT for 4 weeks. place on slide with LPCB.
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In vitro Hair penetration test results
Definition
Positive: wedge shaped or conical perforations into the hair shaft.
Negative: no wedge shape.
Test is positive for trichophyton mentagrophytes
Negative for: trichophyton rubrum
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Germ Tube Test
Definition
uses pooled human serum like protein. 0.5ml placed in tube with light suspension of the yeast. incubate at 35-37 for no longer than 3 hrs
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Germ Tubes
Definition
are the begining of true hyphae and appear as filaments. not constricted.
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Corn Meal Agar with Tween 80
Definition
without dextrose is recommended for the cultivation of chlamydospore-bearing candida albicans.
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Chlamydospre production is enhanced with
Definition
addition of tween 80. The candida species are inoculated onto corn meal agar with tween 80 using the Dalmau technique.
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LAST ONE
Definition
tween 80 is like a detergent. Albicans are most often found in yeast!
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