NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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Mycology
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Parasitology
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Bacteriology
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Virology
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Detailed explanation-1: -The study of fungi is called Mycology. It is the overall study of their genetic and biochemical properties, their use to human beings as a source of medicine, food, etc., as well as their dangers, such as toxicity or infection.
Detailed explanation-2: -Fungi are eukaryotic microorganisms. Fungi can occur as yeasts, molds, or as a combination of both forms. Some fungi are capable of causing superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, systemic or allergic diseases. Yeasts are microscopic fungi consisting of solitary cells that reproduce by budding.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Latin word for mushroom, fungus (plural fungi), has come to stand for the whole group. Similarly, the study of fungi is known as mycology-a broad application of the Greek word for mushroom, mykēs.