NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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Question
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Fungi of medical importance belongs to:
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Deuteromycetes
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Basidiomycetes
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Phycomycetes
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Ascomycetes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Deuteromycetes are of great economic importance since, in addition to causing plant diseases, they cause several diseases of human beings. Again some are useful in controlling some of the soil-borne plant diseases.
Detailed explanation-2: -Molds of the genus Penicillium (q.v.) are of great therapeutic importance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Penicillium chrysogenum: Produces an antibiotic Penicillin used in bacterial infection. Tolypocladium inflatum: Produces Cyclosporine A compound used in organ transplants. Aspergillus terreus: Used in the production of lovastatin drug which helps lowers cholesterol.
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