Ultrastructure and antigenicity of the unique cell wall pimple of the Candida opaque phenotype.

Abstract excerpt

Cells of Candida albicans WO-1 switch frequently and reversibly between two colony-forming phenotypes, white and opaque. In the white form, budding cells appear similar to those of most other strains of C. albicans, but in the opaque form, budding cells are larger, are bean shaped, and possess pimples on the wall. These pimples exhibit a unique and complex morphology. With scanning electron microscopy, a central...

Topics

• Antigens, Fungal
• Candida albicans
• Cell Wall
• Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
• Phenotype
• Vacuoles