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General Microbiology & Immunology (PM 401) Second level Semester 4 2024/2025

What is the difference between bacterial endospores & fungal spores???

Reproduction in Fungi

1- Asexual spores
• Formed by the aerial mycelium of one organism

• Result in organisms that are genetically identical to the parent.

2-Sexual spores
• Result from the fusion from two opposite mating strains of the same species

of fungus

• Result in organisms having genetic characteristics of both parent strains.

1- Asexual spores

A-Arthrospores

Fragmentation of septate hyphae into single, thickened cells such as

Coccidioides immitis

B- Chlamydospores
Thick-walled spore formed as segments within hyphae or at

hyphal tips such as Candida albican

C- Sporangiospores
Sporangiospores are spores that are produced in an enclosed,

sac-like structure, called a sporangium, at the end of the

sporangiophores.

Such as Rhizopus & Mucor

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