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Aureobasidium pullulans

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue
• Magnification: x400


Structure: Hyaline septate hyphae, becoming dark brown with age. Conidiogenous cells remain intercalary within the hyphae and are little differentiated, pale slimy blastoconidia are produced synchronously in tufts. Unicellular or bicellular brown chlamydospores or arthroconidia may be seen in some isolates.
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