Candida albicans
Light micrograph (LM) showing a number of Candida albicans chlamydospores, or chlamydoconidium that were present in a sputum specimen. Chlamydospores are the round terminal asexual segments of the asexual conidium, which are not shed at maturity. C. albicans is a yeast-like member of the phylum known as Deuteromycota, or Fungi Imperfecti, and is the etiologic agent responsible for the disease Candidiasis.
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