CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. General Morphology of Fungi ______________ 37 



" Vegetative structures, 17; Eeproductive structures, 19; Sexual organs 

 and sexuality, 21; Classification, 24; Bibliography, 25. 



11. Physiology of Fungi With Special Reference to Reproduction _ _ _ _ 31 

 Water, 31; Inorganic salts, 32; Carbon, 33; Nitrogen, 33; Hydrogen 

 ion concentration, 34; Oxygen requirements, 38; Temperature require- 

 ments, 39; Influence of light, 39; Tropisms, 40; Radium, 40; Bibliog- 

 raphy, 40. 



III. Culture Media, Their Preparation and Sterilization _______ 44 



Cleaning glassware, 44 ; Sterilization, chemical methods, 45 ; Physical 

 agents, 46; Culture media, 48; Liquid media, 49; Solid media, 50; 

 Bibliography, 54. 



IV. Isolation op Microorganisms _______________ 57 



Transfer, 57; Isolation from skin, 57; Isolation from feces, tongue 

 scrapings, etc., 58; Dilution, 58; Inliibitors, 58; Microcultures, 59; 

 Giant cultures, 60; Single cell cultures, 61; Ascospore detection, 61; 

 Fermentation, 62; Animal and human inoculations and recovery of 

 organisms from lesions, 64; Bibliography, 65. 



V. Microscopy (by Morris Moore) ______________ 66 



Mounting media, 66; Spore stains, 67; Stains for fungi in skin, i 

 Stains for fungi in other tissues, 68 ; Stains for hair and scrapings, 69 ; 

 Stains for sputum, 70; Vital staining of fungi, 70; Fixing agents, 71; 

 Parafiin method, 71; Nitrocellulose method, 71; Bibliography, 73. 



VI. Botanical Nomenclature ________________ 75 



Historical sketch, 75; International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature, 

 76. 



VII. Phycomycetes ___________________ 97 



Mucorales ____________________ 97 



Mucoraceae, morphology _______________ 98 



Mucor Micheli __________________ 110 



Absidia Tieghem _________________ 111 



Bhisopus Ehrenberg ________________ 115 



Mortierella Coemans ________________ 118 



Bibliography ___________________ 119 



Vin. Ascomycetes __-______-_--------- 121 



IX. Endomycetales __________________ 126 



Spermophthoraceae _________________ 127 



Ashbyaceae ___________________ 128 



Piedraia Fonseca & Area Leao; Piedra of hair ________ 131 



Pichiaceae _________--__------- 136 



Guilliermondella Nadson & Krassilnikov __________ 136 



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