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Rhodotorula rubra

• Corn Meal Agar Morphology x400

• Round to oval budding yeast

• No pseudohyphae

• Cells appear to be sitting at distance, an indication of capsule surrounding yeast cells

• Isolated from blood.

 

 

 

 

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