Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, Stucture diagram. Trivial name – 2-Methyl-1,4-benzoquinone 5,6-epoxide
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Species: A. terreusSystematic name: 7-Oxabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-ene-2,5-dione, 3-methyl-Molecular formulae: C7H6O3Molecular weight: 138Chemical abstracts number: 15254-70-3PubChem URL: Go to PubChem linkSelected references Subramanian, T.; Namasivayam, K. Mohan; Shanmugasundaram, E. R. B. (Biochem. Lab., Univ. Madras, Madras, India). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Sect. B, 87B(7), 177-9 (English) 1978.
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BAL specimen showing hyaline, septate hyphae consistent with Aspergillus, stained with Blankophor
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Mucous plug examined by light microscopy with KOH, showing a network of hyaline branching hyphae typical of Aspergillus, from a patient with ABPA.
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Corneal scraping stained with lactophenol cotton blue showing beaded septate hyphae not typical of either Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp, being more consistent with a dematiceous (ie brown coloured) fungus
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Corneal scrape with lactophenol cotton blue shows separate hyphae with Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp.
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A filamentous fungus in the CSF of a patient with meningitis that grew Candida albicans in culture subsequently.
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Transmission electron micrograph of a C. neoformans cell seen in CSF in an AIDS patients with remarkably little capsule present. These cells may be mistaken for lymphocytes.
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India ink preparation of CSF showing multiple yeasts with large capsules, and narrow buds to smaller daughter cells, typical of C. neoformans
