Ultrastructural characteristics of Coccidioides immitis, a morphological variant of Cryptococcus neoformans and Podosypha ravenelii
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- PMCID: PMC248372
- DOI: 10.1128/jb.105.1.438-444.1971
Ultrastructural characteristics of Coccidioides immitis, a morphological variant of Cryptococcus neoformans and Podosypha ravenelii
Abstract
Electron microscopic examination of Coccidioides immitis revealed dense septum-associated bodies, characteristic of Ascomycetes. Similar examinations of a filamentous variant of Cryptococcus neoformans failed to clarify the taxonomic position of this yeast but did not exclude the possibility that this organism is a heterobasidiomycete. Septal pores were not seen in either organism.
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