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Exophiala jeanselmei
Exophiala species

• Stain: Lactophenol Aniline Blue

• Magnification: x1000


Structure: Pale brown septate hyphae, slightly inflated, cylindrical brown pigmented annellides with a pointed tip. This structure is a little differentiated from the vegetative hyphae, unicellular, or bicellular, hyaline or pale brown oval to cylindrical conidia accumulating at the tip of annellide and slimming down along its length.

 

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