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Penicillium marneffei

• Wet Prep

• Magnification: x400
Made from yeast phase of P. marneffei. Yeast Phase Conversion at 37°C. Observe fragmentation of fungal hyphae. Two round bodies above the fragmented hyphae mimicking yeast is a bisected cell.

 
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