Date: 24 March 2014
Hakkaisan sake (Nihonshu)
Copyright:
Fungal Research Trust
Notes:
Varieties of traditional sake and shochu made in different parts of Japan.
From left to right:
Shochu, made from barley and distilled, similar to whisky.
Shochu made by Furusawa from Miazaki prefecture on Kyoshu Island (25% alcohol)
High quality sake called Shochikubai made by Takara brewery in Kyoto from polished rice and used for purification in ceremonies such as weddings, within a Shinto religious ceremony (15% alcohol).
Sake made near the mountains of Hakkaisan in Niigata prefecture, top quality.
Sake made near the mountains of Hakkaisan in Niigata prefecture.
Sake made near the mountains of Hakkaisan in Niigata prefecture.
Dry sake called Suizin, made in the Iwate prefecture in the north of Japan.
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Necrotic lung tissue in culture
Af=Colony of Aspergillus fumigatus
B=bacterial colonies
L=lung tissue
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A photograph of part of the upper lung lobe of an immunosuppressed patient. The lung tissue shows extenive areas of necrosis due to invasive colonisation.
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A photograph of a cavity in the upper lobe of the lung of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Such cavitation,which may be confused with prior tuberculosis, can follow fibrosis.
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Plugs stained with Methenamine/silverActively growing mycelia of the fungus are a deep brown/black. Counterstaining shows the dense mucus of the plugs as predominantly orange.
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Sputum from an asthmatic patient showing plugs(casts). The development of plugs coincided with an increased prevalence and severity of episodes of asthma
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microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)1300-2800um long:Vesicles(V)40-70um wide,clavate:Phialides(Ph) uniseriate:Conidia(Con)3.5-4.0um long,smooth walled.
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microscopic characters Conidiophore stipes(C)225-350um arising from hyphae(Hy):Vesicles(Ves)15-25um wide:Phialides(Ph)uniseriate:Conidia(Con)2.4-3.0um spherical to ovoid,roughened.
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