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Ultrastructure of the septum inCandida albicans

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The ultrastructure of the septum in the mycelial phase of the dimorphic fungusCandida albicans has been studied both in thin sections of fixed material and in shadow casts of the chemically purified chitinous wall layer. The septum has a 25-nm central micropore which would not allow the passage of nuclei or mitochondria, thus delimiting these organelles within the mycelial compartments without preventing cytoplasmic continuity.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Marischal College, AB9 1AS, Aberdeen, UK

    N. A. R. Gow & G. W. Gooday

  2. Biological Laboratory, University of Kent at Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, Kent, UK

    R. J. Newsam & K. Gull

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Gow, N.A.R., Gooday, G.W., Newsam, R.J. et al. Ultrastructure of the septum inCandida albicans . Current Microbiology 4, 357–359 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02605377

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