PRAKTIKUM MIKROBIOLOGI

MORFOLOGI
FUNGI
DEPARTEMEN MIKROBIOLOGI
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SUMATERA UTARA

What Are Fungi?

Well, what are these fungi in general...?
We mentioned Hetetrophic. They break down organic matter.
They have chitin in the walls. They have ergosterol in the
cell membrane. They have an organized nucleus. They
reproduce by asexual spores again, most often.
And if it happened to be a mold, they produce hyphae, they
are nothing more than filaments underneath the microscope.
And if it happens to be a yeast, they produce single cells that
reproduce by budding and often times a few more structures
in there.

YEAST

MOLD

HYPHAE

Depending on cell

morphology classified as :

Yeasts
Yeast like fungi
Molds
Dimorphic fungi

http://www.medical-labs.net/fungi-classification-depending-on-cell-morphology-3001/

YEAST
Unicellular fungi which
reproduce by budding On
culture produce
smooth, creamy colonies
e.g Cryptococcus
neoformans (capsulated
yeast)

YEAST - like fungi:

Grow partly as yeasts and
partly as elongated cells
resembling hyphae which
are called pseudo hyphae
e.g. Candida albicans.

Molds/ Filamentous fungi:

Multicellular fungi that
form true mycelia &
reproduce by formation of
different types of spores.
e.g. Rhizopus, Mucor

Dimorphic fungi
Occur in 2 forms Molds (Filaments) 25C (soil) while
Yeasts 37C (in host tissue). Most fungi causing systemic
infections are dimorphic::
Histoplasmacapsulatum, Blastomycesdermatidis, Paracoccidioidesbrasiliensis,
Coccidioidesimmitis, Penicilliummarneffei, Sporothrixschenkii

Reproductive Morphology

SEXUAL
Formation Zygospore, ascospores, basidiospores

 Anascosporeis a
spore contained in an
ascus or that was
produced inside an
ascus. This kind of
spore is specific to
fungi classified as
ascomycetes

 Abasidiosporeis a
reproductivespore produced
byBasidiomycetefungi.
Basidiospores typically each
contain
onehaploidnucleusthat is the
product of meiosis, and they
are produced by specialized
fungal cells calledbasidia.

ASEXUAL

1.

BUDDING

2.

Asexual spores

formed on or in specialized
structures. Vary in size, shape &
colour but these characteristics
are constant for a particular
species. two main forms are:
Micro conidia Small, single
celled
Macro conidia Large, single
or many celled

Tricophyton

 Macroconidia are few or absent in

many species. Microconidia are
spherical, pyriform to clavate or of
irregular shape and range from 2-3 x 24 mm in size. The presence of
microconidia distinguishes this
genus fromEpidermophytonand the
smooth-walled, mostly sessile
macroconidia separate it

Mycrosporum
Macroconidia are typically spindleshaped with 5-15 cells, verrucose,
thick-walled and often have a terminal
knob.

Growth on Rice Grains

Epydermophyton

Macroconidia ofE.
floccosum.

Culture of E floccosum

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