<i>Cryptococcus</i> Germination (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

<i>Cryptococcus</i> Germination

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This is a spore of the deadly human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus (green) germinates into a yeast (yellow). Germination takes about 16 hours. Afterwards, the new yeast begins to reproduce by forming a bud (orange).

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Christina Hull, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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