Septal ultrastructure in Candida albicans.
Fine structural studies on the septa of Candida albicans in vitro (when leading a saprophytic existence) and the organism in its invasive form (as a pathogen in oral candidosis) have shown that in the former the septum exhibits a unique central perforation resembling an aggregate of fine canaliculi connecting one cell to the other. In the invasive form the septum is non-perforated and appears as a solid structure. Septal ultrastructure is well characterised in many pathogenic fungi. Our observations on Candida albicans do not resemble any previous studies carried out on other deutromycetous fungi.
D002176:Candida albicans / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002180:Candidiasis, Oral / Q000382:microbiology*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000648:ultrastructure