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  Observe the image. What organism do you suspect?

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?

The intestinal amoeba whose cyst contains a glycogen mass is:

In ______, amplification and product detection occur in the same reaction vessel, and target nucleic acid is detected by fluorescent probes as the hybrids form.

The organism that is commonly associated with the production of cold agglutinins is:

The cell walls of mycobacteria contain which substance that affects staining?

Terminal spores are commonly seen in gram stains of what organism?

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

Broad-based budding is associated with:

Structures important in the microscopic identification of Coccidiodes immitis are: