(n.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoospores.
Example Sentences:
(1) Upon segregation of the conidium from the phialide cell by conidial wall formation, 'trench-like' invaginations gradually appeared in the plasma membrane and a disorganized rodlet pattern was formed on the outer surface of the maturing conidial wall.
(2) Common volatile organic compounds (acetaldehyde, ethylacetate, ethanol, n-propanol, isobutanol, 2-methyl-butanol, 3-methyl butanol) tested singly and in combination inhibited the spore (conidium) germination of Helminthosporium oryzae, Cercospora personata, Cunnighamella blakesleeana, Colletotrichum capsici, and Alternaria solani.
(3) The germ tube wall is laid down at the site of emergence from the conidium.
(4) The parent conidium and later the proximal germ tube showed progressive vacuolation and the cytoplasm became largely occupied by electron-translucent material.
(5) E2 prevents mycelium-to-yeast or conidium-to-yeast conversion in vitro at close to physiologic concentrations.
(6) Conidiogenous cells in both species developed melanin only within the lowermost part of the lateral walls while the other cells of the conidium were uniformly melanized around the circumference of the cell; melanin in these cells being deposited within, at least, half the width of the cell wall.
(7) Carbohydrate cytochemistry helped define three stages (Stages I, II, and III) of wild-type conidium maturation on the basis of changes in the ultrastructure and composition of the conidium wall.
(8) The conidium was bound by a multilayered cell wall.
(9) A study of the conidiation stage showed that a phialide and an immature conidium began to form at the tip of all germ tubes 18 h after the temperature shift.
(10) The abundance of chlamydospores of F. solani was coupled with cessation of conidium formation increasing fernasan doses.
(11) Conidium formation in 5 species of pathogenic hyphomycetous fungi, Sporothrix schenckii, Exophiala salmonis, E.
(12) Scatchard analysis of the data revealed an average of 1,200 binding sites per conidium, and an apparent dissociation constant (Kd) of 2.2 x 10(-9) M was estimated.
(13) (i) the genera Microsporum, Trichophyton and Epidermophyton have holoblastic conidium-ontogeny; (ii) the investigated species exhibit polymeristematic development; (iii) delivery of the conidia occurs by means of a special detaching mechanism: consisting in autolysis of a detaching-cell or cells; (iv) the macroconidia have a primary septum; (v)chlamydospores including "gemmae" and "persistent-organs", strikingly similar to the macro- and microconidia as investigated in aqueous preparations, are also formed.
(14) A synchronous and homogeneous microcycle required a certain relationship between the number of inoculated conidia and the concentration of the organic acid in the medium; the optimum was at 0.08 nmol acid per conidium.
(15) The present study considers the morphology and experimental pathogenicity in relation to - the 'wild' strains; the possible circumstances enhancing pathogenicity in strains recovered from the soil; the rate and nature of the transformational steps in morphology, in human and experimental infections by established pathogenic strains; the elimination of pathogenic strains to the surface of clinical lesions, enabling a simplified diagnostic proof of infection; the rate and nature of the reversion of pathogenic forms to the 'wild' type when the constraints of the host are lessened; the plasticity of conidium-pigmentation as a sign of pathogenicity; the morphological conversions on moist wattle-wood as occur in the Gold Mines; and a note on the therapeutic value of itraconazole.
(16) Therefore, it was suggested that allergens responsible for the reaginic antibody formation derive from the conidium but not from the mycelium.
(17) Since transformation was readily accomplished under in vitro conditions favoring mycelial to yeast dimorphism, it is suggested that the conidium of B. dermatitidis represents the primary infective unit of this pathogenic fungus.
(18) On Papanicolaou-stained Millipore filters, the most common finding was a yellow-brown-pigmented muriform conidium with characteristic transverse and longitudinal septations.
(19) irradiation) were found to be over 99.5% in Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Serratia marcescens, Bacillus subtilis (vegetative cell) and Bacillus subtilis (spore) and 67% in Aspergillus niger (conidium).
(20) The changes of cytoplasmic components concomitant with conidium to mature mycelium growth of Aspergillus fumigatus strain Ag 507 were analysed by one- and two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE; 2-DE).
Fungal
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to fungi.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results confirm studies performed in our laboratory on cytotoxicity and on functional membrane proteins of fungal and mammalian cells [1,2], suggesting a common mechanism of toxicity by the action of hydrophobic xenobiotics on biomembranes.
(2) Cyclosporine is a fungal endecapeptide of novel chemical structure that causes preferential inhibition of T helper cells.
(3) 27 had fungal corneal ulcers and seven had bacterial corneal ulcers.
(4) Morphologic and microbiologic study of the operation and biopsy specimens, obtained from 73 patients with odontogenic inflammatory processes has shown that in 38% of cases the inflammation was induced by mixed fungal and bacterial flora.
(5) The molecular structure of the hexagonal crystal form of porcine pepsin (EC 3.4.23.1), an aspartic proteinase from the gastric mucosa, has been determined by molecular replacement using the fungal enzyme, penicillopepsin (EC 3.4.23.6), as the search model.
(6) These findings in a patient with acute leukaemia are strongly suspicious of fungal infection, and percutaneous fine-needle aspiration under ultrasound or computed tomography-guidance is indicated.
(7) This animal model shows that protective immunity can be established, and once developed, provide a better model for the study of important aspects of immunity in fungal disease.
(8) Both techniques are used by industry and regulatory agencies to monitor levels of fungal contamination at various stages of food handling, storing, processing and marketing.
(9) Amphotericin B has a broad spectrum of action that includes most of the major fungal pathogens of man.
(10) After successful right adrenalectomy the clinical signs of Cushing's syndrome disappeared and no evidence of either bacterial or fungal infection were noted one year postoperatively.
(11) Although T cells were reduced in number in patients with SLE, their function appeared unimpaired, as shown by normal lymphocyte transformation to phytohemagglutinin and bacterial and fungal antigens.
(12) In this review, many of the recent scientific advances that have been made in the immunological aspects of the pathogenesis of fungal infections are presented.
(13) Although there was no significant difference in overall mortality between the groups, fewer deaths were ascribed to acute systemic fungal infections in the group receiving fluconazole than in the group receiving placebo (1 of 179 vs. 10 of 177, P less than 0.001).
(14) The regulation of excessive fluorescence of fungal cells during microscopic observation is discussed.
(15) A high index of suspicion should be maintained when transplanting lungs containing Candida species, as we believe there is substantial evidence of donor transmission of the fungal agents.
(16) Results showed no consistent difference in either the total viable fungal content or the number of different mold species encountered between the labeled and unlabeled foods.
(17) The allylamines represent one of the newest classes of compounds shown to be effective in the management of fungal disorders.
(18) Ionic flux is most likely to regulate the chemiosmotic potential differences across vacuolysosomal membranes in animal, plant, and fungal cells.
(19) To determine whether virulence might be related to C. albicans growth in different proteolytic environments, we measured renal fungal load in burned mice and found significantly greater Candida census in kidneys from mice that were challenged with a high proteinase-generating parent C. albicans (MY 1044) versus those that were challenged with its low proteinase-generating mutant (MY 1049).
(20) There was an 11.4 percent incidence of positive bacterial or fungal cultures from the catheter tip.