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Helicobacter heilmanii
Helicobacter heilmanii (Gastrospirillum hominis) -BacteriaWhat the #&$*! is this?While reading gastric biopsy gram preparations for Helicobacter pylori, I came across this interesting gram...
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Arthrographis species
Arthrographis species (Mould)Ecology: Arthrographisis widespread, found in compost, decaying plant material and in the soil.Pathology: Arthrographisis generally considered to be a contaminant....
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Trichothecium roseum
Trichothecium roseum (Fungus)Ecology: Trichothecium species are cosmopolitan fungi (found just about everywhere) and is a common saprobe (growing on decaying vegetation). In particular, it has been...
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes Complex
Trichophyton mentagrophytes Complex(Fungus, Dermatophyte)Ecology: T.mentagrophytes is recognized as having two variants. Anthropophilic isolates prefer man to animals while the zoophilic isolates...
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Phoma glomerata
Phomaglomerata(fungus)Ecology: Phomais yet another ubiquitous, cosmopolitan fungus which is commonly found in soils. As a known plant pathogen, it may also be recovered from infected plant material....
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Aspergillus versicolor
Aspergillus versicolor(mould, fungus)Ecology:Widespread distribution with ability to grow in temperate and colder regions which may restrict the growth of many other Aspergillus species. Commonly...
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Entamoeba polecki
Entamoeba poleckiThis amoeba most likely has worldwide distribution and can be found as an intestinal parasite in pigs and monkeys. It is generally considered to be non-pathogenic for humans but has...
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Trichophyton terrestre
Trichphyton terrestre (Fungus/Mould)Ecology:Trichphyton terrestre is a cosmopolitan (found everywhere), geophilic (soil loving) fungus.It may also be recovered as a saprobe (living on dead organic...
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Exserohilum rostratum
Exserohilum rostratum (Mould)Ecology:Exserohilumspecies are dematiaceous fungi (ie black mould), widely distributed in nature. They are cosmopolitan, commonly found on many plants and grasses and can...
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Eurotium herbariorum (Aspergillus glaucus)
Eurotium herbariorum(Aspergillus glaucus) MouldNote: This fungus has both a sexual and asexual means of reproduction. When both are present, the sexual stage (teleomorph) name takes precedence over...
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Fasciola hepatica
Fasciola hepatica(Trematode – Parasite)Geographic Distribution & PathogenicityFasciola hepatica is commonly known as the sheep liver fluke and is a common parasite in herbivores. With cosmopolitan...
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Vancomycin Dependant Enterococcus (VDE)
Vancomycin Dependant Enterococcus (VDE)Explanation of Enterococcus faecium’s curious response to the antibiotic VancomycinSo you try to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of...
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Okay, Why so much Fungus???
This blog is called ‘Fun With Microbiology’, not’ Fun With Mycology’ – so what gives? Why the disproportionate number of Fungal posts?Well, this blog came about primarily because, after my injury, I...
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Hortaea werneckii
Hortaea werneckii-Mould (Phaeoannellomyces werneckii)Ecology:Hortaea werneckii is a saprophytic fungus which can be found in tropical and sub-tropical soils, compost, and decaying wood....
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Chilomastix mesnili
Chilomastix mesnili (Flagellate) Intestinal ParasiteNote: I'm always hesitant in adding posts of organisms where the photos don't clearly show the features or structures described. Such is the case...
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Cladosporium species (Revisitied)
Cladosporium speciesRevisited (Kind Of) -A Black Mould -HyphomycetesThis post is a bit of a revisitation to the fungus Cladosporium as I previously included the genera in a previous post on...
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Malassezia furfur complex
Malassezia furfur complex(Yeast)Note: While reading a gram stain taken as the swab of the ear canal, I noticed a number of yeast cells which appeared to show broad-based budding. A Sabouraud-Dextrose...
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Scopulariopsis brumptii
Scopulariopsis brumptii(Mould/Fungus)Compare this species to Scopularis brevicaulis.Ecology: A cosmopolitan fungus (found just about everywhere), particularly in soil and in household dust....
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Trichosporon species
Trichosporon species: (Basidiomycetous yeasts)This post contains three species from the genus Trichosporon. I chose to deal with these together because of their common elements and that relevant...
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Chrysonilia sitophila
Chrysonilia sitophila -Hyphomycetes (formerly Monilia sitophila)Ecology:Chrysoniliaspecies are a cosmopolitan (widespread) saprobe (lives of dead or decaying plant matter). Chrysonilia may be found...
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