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Microscopical evidences for the presence of a nucleus inCandida albicans chlamydoconidia

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By using the fluorescent, DNA specific stain DAPI (4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole) some microscopic observations ofCandida albicans pseudomycelium and chlamydoconidia were performed. In this manner blue fluorescent dots were noted both in yeasts, psudomycelium and chlamydoconidia, so evidencing the presence of a nucleus inC. albicans chlamydoconidia.

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  1. Laboratorio Micologia Medica, Istituto Malattie Infettive, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Massimo Bruatto & Alessandra Delù

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Bruatto, M., Delù, A. Microscopical evidences for the presence of a nucleus inCandida albicans chlamydoconidia. Mycopathologia 122, 103–105 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103607

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