title: Uncovering the first double brimmed hat-shaped ascospores in Ambrosiozyma platypodis Van der Walt.
abstract: Using transmission electron microscopy with glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide as chemical fixatives, hat-shaped ascospores with two brims each were uncovered in the yeast Ambrosiozyma platypodis. This is the first report on such structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbial, Biochemical and Food Biotechnology, UNESCO MIRCEN: Industrial Biotechnology, South Africa.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bareetseng
authors.forename: J L F
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pretorius
authors.forename: P W J Van
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Wyk
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure*