Which of the following stains is used to visualized fungal structures in tease preparations and slide cultures?

Which statement is true concerning the differentiation of Group B Strep and Listeria?

Match the image of the microscopic fungal features to the correct genus.

What is the basis of the PCR for HIV detection?

Sporogony refers to:

Broad-based budding is associated with:

Examination of a throat culture from a 9-year old female with a “scratchy throat” reveals the following: moderate growth of small, alpha-hemolytic colonies; light growth of opaque, white, nonhemolytic colonies; and tiny, translucent colonies within a large zone of beta hemolysis on sheep blood agar.  You conclude:

Growth characteristics of most fungi include all of the following except:

A subcutaneous nodule develops in a florist and is submitted for microbiology cultures.  Fungal cultures incubated at 30ºC grow a small, white yeast-like colony which later becomes wrinkled and leathery and brown in color.  On microscopic examination, thin septate hyphae with slender tapering conidiophores are observed, the apex of which bears small, pear-shaped conidia on delicate denticles forming a rose-like cluster.  What is the likely identification?

Mold species that grow as mold at room temperature and yeast at body temperature are referred to as: