Fun With Microbiology (What's Buggin' You?)

Trichomonas hominis Parasite (Flagellate) A relatively common flagellate which may be overlooked or unrecognized during examination of fecal...

Cunninghamella species ( including Cunninghamella bertholletiae) -filamentous fungus (mould) in the order of Mucorales . Ecology: Wid...

Syncephalastrum species -A filamentous fungus classified within the order Mucorales . Ecology; Syncephalastrum species are saprobes commonl...

Mucor species Fungus The genus Mucor is a filamentous fungus with several species, few of which grow well at 37C (body temp.) and thereby...

Hookworms & Trichostrongylus sp. -Nematodes (Roundworms) Hookworms; Ancycostoma duodenale (old world hookworm) -predominant in South-E...

Entamoeba histolytica/dispar Intestinal Protozoa: Amoebae The pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica and non-pathogenic Entamoeba dispar are...

Phialophora varrucosa Fungus (Black Mould) One of the agents responsible for chromoblastomycosis, a slow moving fungal infection of the ...