<em>Cryptococcus deuterogattii</em> and Spores (IMAGE)

Duke University

<em>Cryptococcus deuterogattii</em> and Spores

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This image shows spores on the surface of a fruiting structure from the fungus Cryptococcus deuterogattii, a deadly strain that emerged in the Pacific Northwest.

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(Edmond Byrnes III, Joseph Heitman -- Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology; Valerie Knowlton -- North Carolina State University, Center for Electron Microscopy)

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