pathogenic fungi

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• Pathogenic fungi — are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. The study of pathogenic fungi is referred to as medical mycology. Although fungi are eukaryotic organisms many pathogenic fungi are also microorganisms.[1] Contents 1 Candida 2… …   Wikipedia

• Pathogenic microbes — are microbes that cause infectious diseases. This article is dedicated to human pathogenic microbes.The organisms involved include pathogenic bacteria, causing diseases such as plague, tuberculosis and anthrax; protozoa, causing diseases such as… …   Wikipedia

• pathogenic — adjective Able to cause (harmful) disease. While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic. See Also: pathology …   Wiktionary

• Dimorphic fungi — are fungi which can exist as mold/hyphal/filamentous form[1] or as yeast. An example is Penicillium marneffei:[2] At room temperature, it grows as a mold. At body temperature, it grows as a yeast. Several species are potential pathogens,… …   Wikipedia

• Fungus — Fungi redirects here. You may be looking for Fungi (music) or Fungus (XM). Fungi Temporal range: Early Devonian–Recent (but see text) …   Wikipedia

• fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… …   Universalium

• plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …   Universalium

• Pathogen — A pathogen (Greek: πάθος pathos, suffering, passion and γἰγνομαι (γεν ) gignomai (gen ) I give birth to ) or infectious agent colloquially, a germ is a microbe or microorganism such as a virus, bacterium, prion, or fungus that causes disease in… …   Wikipedia

• Mycology — Mushrooms are a kind of fungal reproductive structure Mycology (from the Greek μύκης, mukēs, meaning fungus ) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their …   Wikipedia

• International Mycological Institute — The International Mycological Institute was a non profit organization, based in England, that undertook research and disseminated information on fungi, particularly plant pathogenic species causing crop diseases. It was established as the… …   Wikipedia

• Lichen — For other uses, see Lichen (disambiguation). Lichenes from Ernst Haeckel s Artforms of Nature, 1904 …   Wikipedia