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

Asexual spores

Sporagiospores:

These are non-motile spores produced inside

structures called sporangia in fungi such as Rhizopus

and Mucor. These spores are dispersed by wind.

Conidia

These are non-motile spores produced singly or in chains at the

tip of the hypha branches that are called conidiophores. Such

spores are produced in fungi like Aspergillus and Penicillium.

Chlamydospores

Thick-walled spore formed as segments within hyphae or at
hyphal tips such as Candida albican

Arthrospores

Fragmentation of septate hyphae into single, thickened

cells such as Coccidioides immitis

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