Aspergillus nidulans. Ascospores- sexual spores from Aspergillus nidulans, false coloured
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All the Aspergillus images above are courtesy of Professor Rheinhard Fischer, Institut für Angewandte Biowissenschaften Abt. für Angewandte Mikrobiologie der Universität Karlsruh, with whom copyright remains.
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Images of cells produced by Aspergillus species as seen by scanning electron microscopy.
PAS stain. An example of Aspergillus fumigatus.
(PAS-stained) in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease showing a 45 degree branching hypha within a giant cell. Rather bulbous hyphal ends are also seem, which is sometimes found inAspergillus spp. infections, histologically. (x800)