These images were kindly supplied by Rita Serra and Armando Venâncio who retain the copyright. (Centro de Engenharia Biológica, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga – Portugal) The type strain is stored at the University of Minho culture collection (Micoteca da Universidade do Minho).
These colonies were isolated from a BAL, (also with bacterial qrowth of S.aureus and S.maltophilia) from a patient with a VAP (undergoing corticosteroid treatment). The growth medium used is sabouraud dextrose agar , incubated at 37° C
The identification is made by microscopic/macroscopic observation criteria.
Microscopic morphology of A. flavus. Conidial heads are radiate, splitting to form loose columns, biseriate but having some heads with phialides borne directly on the vesicle.
