Electron microscopy of young Candida albicans chlamydospores.
One- to three-day-old cultures of Candida albicans bearing chlamydospores were grown and harvested by a special technique, free of agar, and prepared for ultramicrotomy and electron microscopy. These young chlamydospores exhibited a subcellular structure similar to that of the yeast phase, e.g., cytoplasmic membrane, ribosomes, and mitochondria. Other structural characteristics unique to chlamydospores were a very thick, layered cell wall, the outer layer of which was continuous with the outer layer of the suspensor cell wall and was covered by hair-like projections; membrane bound organelles; and large lipoid inclusions. Only young chlamydospores less than 3 to 4 days old exhibited these ultrastructural characteristics.
D002176:Candida albicans / Q000166:cytology*; D002462:Cell Membrane; D002473:Cell Wall; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum; D005613:Freeze Etching; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D008055:Lipids; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria; D012270:Ribosomes; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology*; D013997:Time Factors
D008055:Lipids