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- GAMETE
- A MALE OR FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CELL
- SLIME MOLD
- A FUNGUSLIKE PROTIST
- FLUKE
- A FLATWORM BELONGING TO THE CLASS TREMATODA
- COENOCYTIC HYPHA
- A FUNGAL FILAMENT THAT IS NOT DIVIDED INTO UNINUCLEATE CELL-LIKE UNITS BECAUSE IT LACKS SEPTA
- FLATWORM
- AN ANIMAL BELONGING TO THE PHYLUM PLATYHELMINTHES
- STIPE
- A STEMLIKE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF MULTICELLULAR ALGAE AND BASIDIOMYCETES
- TROPHOZOITE
- THE VEGETATIVE FORM OF A PROTOZOAN
- DOMOIC ACID INTOXICATION
- DIARRHEA AND MEMORY LOSS CAUSED BY DOMOIC ACID, PRODUCED BY DIATOMS
- MICROSPORIDIA
- EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS THAT LACK MITOCHONDRIA AND MICROTUBULES; OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES
- PLASMODIUM
- (1) A MULTINUCLEATED MASS OF PROTOPLASM, AS IN PLASMODIAL SLIME MOLDS (2) WHEN WRITTEN AS A GENUS, REFERS TO THE CAUSATIVE AGENT OF MALARIA
- ASUCS
- A SACLIKE STRUCTURE CONTAINING ASCOSPORES; FOUND IN THE ASCOMYCETES
- PLANKTON
- FREE-FLOATING AQUATIC ORGANISMS
- PSEUDOPOD
- AN EXTENSION OF A EUKARYOTIC CELL THAT AIDS IN LOCOMOTION AND FEEDING
- ARTHROSPORE
- AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE FORMED BY FRAGMENTATION OF A SEPTATE HYPHA
- MEDULLA
- A LICHEN BODY CONSISTING OF ALGAE (OR CYANOBACTERIA)AND FUNGI
- PROGLOTTID
- A BODY SEGMENT OF A TAPEWORM CONTAINING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE ORGANS
- CYTOSTOME
- THE MOUTHLIKE OPENING IN SOME PROTOZOA
- BLASTOCONIDIUM
- AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE PRODUCED BY BUDDING FROM THE PARENT CELL
- CYST
- A SAC WITH A DISTINCT WALL CONTAINING FLUID OR OTHER MATERIAL; ALSO, A PROTECTIVE CAPSULE OF SOME PROTOZOA
- KELP
- A MULTICELLULAR BROWN ALGA
- APICOMPLEXA
- UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES THAT ARE OBLIGATE INTRACELLULAR PARASITES; POSSESS A SPECIAL ORGANELLE AT THE TIP OF THE CELL
- KARYOGAMY
- FUSION OF THE NUCLEI OF TWO CELLS; OCCURS IN THE SEXUAL STAGE OF A FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE
- EYESPOT
- A PIGMENTED AREA IN A CELL, CAPABLE OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT
- METACERCARIA
- THE ENCYSTED STAGE OF A FLUKE IN ITS FINAL INTERMEDIATE HOST
- SPOROZOITE
- A TROPHOZOITE OF PLASMODIUM FOUND IN MOSQUITOES, INFECTIVE FOR HUMANS
- VECTOR
- (1) A PLASMID OR VIRUS USED IN GENETIC ENGINEERING TO INSERT GENES INTO A CELL (2) AN ARTHROPOD THAT CARRIES DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS FROM ONE HOST TO ANOTHER
- TAPEWORM
- A FLATWORM BELONGING TO THE CLASS CESTODA
- YEAST
- NONFILAMENTOUS, UNICELLULAR FUNGI
- BLADE
- A FLAT LEAFLIKE STRUCTURE OF MULTICELLULAR ALGAE
- SPORANGIUM
- A SAC CONTAINING ONE OR MORE SPORES
- SEPTA
- A CROSS-WALL IN A FUNGAL HYPHA
- ALGIN
- A SODIUM SALT OF MANNURONIC ACID (C6H8O6); FOUND IN BROWN ALGAE
- MIRACIDIUM
- THE FREE-SWIMMING, CILIATED LARVA OF A FLUKE THAT HATCHES FROM THE EGG
- ASCOSPORE
- A SEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE PRODUCED IN AN ASCUS, FORMED BY THE ASCOMYCETES
- DEFINITIVE HOST
- AN ORGANISM THAT HARBORS THE ADULT, SEXUALLY MATURE FORM OF A PARASITE
- MYCORRHIZA
- A FUNGUS GROWING IN SYMBIOSIS WITH PLANT ROOTS
- TELEMORPH
- THE SEXUAL STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FUNGUS; ALSO REFERS TO A FUNGS THAT PRODUCES BOTH SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL SPORES
- CHLAMYDOSPORE
- AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE FORMED WITHIN A HYPHA
- LICHEN
- A MUTUALISTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FUNGUS AND AN ALGA OR A CYANOBACTERIUM
- ANAL PORE
- A SITE IN CERTAIN PROTOZOA FOR ELIMINATION OF WASTE
- BASIDIUM
- A PEDSTAL THAT PRODUCES BASIDIOSPORES; FOUND IN THE BASIDIOMYCETES
- LARVA
- THE SEXUALLY IMMATURE STAGE OF A HELMINTH OR ARTHROPOD
- HYPHA
- A LONG FILAMENT OF CELLS IN FUNGI OR ACTINOMYCETES
- CUTANEOUS MYCOSIS
- A FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE EPIDERMIS, NAILS OR HAIR
- BUDDING YEAST
- FOLLOWING MITOSIS, A YEAST CELL THAT DIVIDES UNEVENLY TO PRODUCE A SMALL CELL (BUD) FROM THE PARENT CELL
- YEAST INFECTION
- DISEASE CAUSED BY GROWTH OF CERTAIN YEASTS IN A SUSCEPTIBLE HOST
- AMOEBA
- A UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTE THAT MOVES BY MEANS OF PSEUDOPODS
- CERCARIA
- A FREE-SWIMMING LARVA OF TREMATODES
- SEXUAL SPORE
- A SPORE FORMED BY SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
- CONJUGATION
- THE TRANSFER OF GENETIC MATERIAL FROM ONE CELL TO ANOTHER INVOLVING CELL-TO-CELL CONTACT
- INTERMEDIATE HOST
- AN ORGANISM THAT HARBORS THE LARVAL OR ASEXUAL STAGE OF A HELMINTH OR PROTOZOAN
- BASIDIOSPORE
- A SEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE PRODUCED IN A BASIDIUM, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BASIDIOMYCETES
- OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGEN
- A MICROORGANISM THAT DOES NOT ORDINARILY CAUSE A DISEASE BUT CAN BECOME PATHOGENIC UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
- VEGETATIVE
- REFERRING TO CELLS INVOLVED WITH OBTAINING NUTRIENTS, AS OPPOSED TO REPRODUCTION
- CYSTICERCUS
- AN ENCYSTED TAPEWORM LARVA
- RING STAGE
- A YOUNG PLASMODIUM TROPHOZOITE THAT LOOKS LIKE A RING IN A RED BLOOD CELL
- CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING
- THE MOVEMENT OF CYTOPLASM IN A EUKARYOTIC CELL
- SPICULE
- ONE OF TWO EXTERNAL STRUCTURES ON THE MALE ROUNDWORM USED TO GUIDE SPERM
- HELMINTH
- A PARASITIC ROUNDWORM OR FLATWORM
- SPORANGIOSPORE
- AN ASEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE FORMED WITHIN A SPORANGIUM
- ROUNDWORM
- AN ANIMAL BELONGING TO THE PHYLUM NEMATODA
- SCOLEX
- THE HEAD OF A TAPEWORM, CONTAINING SUCKERS AND POSSIBLY HOOKS
- SPORE
- A REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURE FORMED BY FUNGI AND ACTINOMYCETES
- SAXITOXIN
- A NEUROTOXIN PRODUCED BY SOME DINOFLAGELLATES
- ARCHAEZOA
- PRIMITIVE, UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES THAT LACK MITOCHANDRIA, SUCH AS GIARDIA
- ANAMORPH
- ASCOMYCETE FUNGI THAT HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO REPRODUCE SEXUALLY; THE ASEXUAL STAGE OF A FUNGUS
- CORTEX
- THE PROTECTIVE FUNGAL COVERING OF A LICHEN
- MYCELIUM
- A MASS OF LONG FILAMENTS OF CELLS THAT BRANCH AND INTERTWINE, TYPICALLY FOUND IN MOLDS
- DERMATOPHYTE
- A FUNGUS THAT CAUSES A CUTANEOUS MYCOSIS
- CUTICLE
- THE OUTER COVERING OF HELMINTHS
- UNDULATING MEMBRANE
- A HIGHLY MODIFIED FLAGELLUM ON SOME PROTOZOA
- CONIDIOPHORE
- AN AERIAL HYPHA BEARING CONIDIOSPORES
- HERMAPHRODITIC
- HAVING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIES
- REDIA
- A TREMATODE LARVAL STAGE THAT REPRODUCES ASEXUALLY TO PRODUCE CERCARIAE
- SCHIZOGONY
- THE PROCESS OF MULTIPLE FISSION, IN WHICH ONE ORGANISM DIVIDES TO PRODUCE MANY DAUGHTER CELLS.
- DIMORPHISM
- THE PROPERTY OF HAVING TWO FORMS OF GROWTH
- HOLDFAST
- THE BRANCHED BASE OF AN ALGAL STIPE
- HEMOFLAGELLATE
- A PARASITIC FLAGELLATE FOUND IN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM OF ITS HOST
- RHIZINE
- A ROOTLIKE HYPHA THAT ANCHORS A FUNGUS TO A SURFACE
- FISSION YEAST
- FOLLOWING MITOSIS, A YEAST CELL THAT DIVIDES EVENLY TO PRODUCE TWO NEW CELLS
- RHIZOPODA
- EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS THAT MOVE USING PSEUDOPODS; AMOEBAS
- ALGAL BLOOM
- AN ABUDANT GROWTH OF MICROSCOPIC ALGAE PRODUCING VISIBLE COLONIES IN NATURE
- PSEUDOHYPHA
- A SHORT CHAIN OF FUNGAL CELLS THAT RESULTS FROM THE LACK OF SEPARATION OF DAUGHTER CELLS AFTER BUDDING
- DIOECIOUS
- REFERRING TO ORGANISMS IN WHICH ORGANS OF DIFFERENT SEXES ARE LOCATED IN DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS
- SEPTATE HYPHA
- A HYPHA CONSISTING OF UNINUCLEATE CELL-LIKE UNITS
- MYCOLOGY
- THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF FUNGI
- SUBCUTANEOUS MYCOSIS
- A FUNGAL INFECTION OF TISSUE BENEATH THE SKIN
- RED TIDE
- A BLOOM OF PLANKTONIC DINOFLAGELLATES
- SPROANGIOPHORE
- AN AERIAL HYPHA SUPPORTING A SPORANGIUM
- SUPERFICIAL MYCOSIS
- A FUNGAL INFECTION LOCALIZED IN SURFACE EPIDERMAL CELLS AND ALONG HAIR SHAFTS
- SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
- THE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT APPEARANCE OF ADULT MALE AND FEMALE ORGANISMS
- KERATIN
- A PROTEIN FOUND IN EPIDERMIS, HAIR, AND NAILS
- TACHYZOITE
- A RAPIDLY GROWING TROPHOZOITE FORM OF A PROTOZOAN
- ENCYSTMENT
- FORMATION OF A CYST
- MONOECIOUS
- HAVING BOTH MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES
- MYCOSIS
- A FUNGAL INFECTION
- VACUOLE
- AN INTRACELLULAR INCLUSION, IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS, SURROUNDED BY A PLASMA MEMBRANE; IN PROKARYOTIC CELLS, SURROUNDED BY A PROTEINACEOUS MEMBRANE
- THALLUS
- THE ENTIRE VEGETATIVE STRUCTURE OR BODY OF A FUNGUS, LICHEN, OR ALGA
- ZYGOSPORE
- A SEXUAL FUNGAL SPORE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ZYGOMYCETES
- MEROZOITE
- A TROPHOZOITE OF PLASMODIUM FOUND IN RED BLOOD CELLS OR LIVER CELLS
- SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS
- A FUNGAL INFECTION IN DEEP TISSUES
- CONIDIOSPORE
- AN ASEXUAL SPORE PRODUCED IN A CHAIN FROM A CONIDIOPHORE
- PLASMOGAMY
- FUSION OF THE CYTOPLASM OF TWO CELLS; OCCURS IN THE SEXUAL STAGE OF A FUNGAL LIFE CYCLE
- ASEXUAL SPORE
- A REPRODUCTIVE CELL PRODUCED BY MITOSIS AND CELL DIVISION (EUKARYOTES) OR BINARY FISSION (ACTINOMYCETES)
- ZYGOTE
- A DIPLOID CELL PRODUCED BY THE FUSION OF TWO HAPLOID GAMETES
- GAMETOCYTE
- A MALE OR FEMALE PROTOZOAN CELL
- OOCYST
- AN ENCYSTED APICOMPLEXAN ZYGOTE IN WHICH CELL DIVISION OCCURS TO FORM THE NEXT INFECTIOUS STAGE
- CILIATE
- A MEMBER OF THE PROTOZOAN PHYLUM CILIOPHORA THAT USES CILIA FOR LOCOMOTION