RT Book, Section
A1 Carroll, Karen C.
A1 Hobden, Jeffery A.
A1 Miller, Steve
A1 Morse, Stephen A.
A1 Mietzner, Timothy A.
A1 Detrick, Barbara
A1 Mitchell, Thomas G.
A1 McKerrow, James H.
A1 Sakanari, Judy A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1114738831
T1 Medical Mycology
T2 Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg’s Medical Microbiology, 27e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824989
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114738831
RD 2024/04/19
AB Mycology  is  the  study  of  fungi,  which  are  eukaryotic  organisms  that  evolved  in  tandem  with  the  animal  kingdom.  However,  unlike  animals,  most  fungi  are  nonmotile  and  possess  a  rigid  cell  wall.  Unlike  plants,  fungi  are  nonphotosynthetic.  Approximately  80,000  species  of  fungi  have  been  described,  but  only  about  400  are  medically  important,  and  less  than  50  are  responsible  for  more  than  90%  of  the  fungal  infections  of  humans  and  other  animals.  Rather,  most  species  of  fungi  are  beneficial  to  humankind.  They  reside  in  nature  and  are  essential  in  breaking  down  and  recycling  organic  matter.  Some  fungi  greatly  enhance  our  quality  of  life  by  contributing  to  the  production  of  food  and  spirits,  including  cheese,  bread,  and  beer.  Other  fungi  have  served  medicine  by  providing  useful  bioactive  secondary  metabolites  such  as  antibiotics  (eg,  penicillin)  and  immunosuppressive  drugs  (eg,  cyclosporine).  Fungi  have  also  been  exploited  by  geneticists  and  molecular  biologists  as  model  systems  for  the  investigation  of  a  variety  of  eukaryotic  processes,  including  cellular  growth  and  development.  Overall,  fungi  exert  their  greatest  economic  impact  as  phytopathogens;  the  agricultural  industry  sustains  huge  crop  losses  every  year  as  a  result  of  fungal  diseases  of  rice,  corn,  grains,  and  other  plants.