Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev.  2023 Jun;28(1):180-180. 10.14192/kjicp.2023.28.1.180.

Medical Odyssey: Etymology for Fungal Terms

• Lee DG

• KMID: 2543150
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2023.28.1.180

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  Fig. 1 (A) Gross finding of Candida albicans colony. C. albicans cultured at Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA, BD Difco Laboratories, Detroit, MI, USA) at 37℃ for 2 days, and white or cream-colored smooth colonies were observed. (B) Direct microscopic examination of Aspegillus fumigatus (×400). Conidia, vesicle, conidiophore, and septated hyphae are indicated (arrows). (C) A. fumigatus mycelia on culture media. A. fumigatus cultured at SDA at 30℃ for 3 days. Blue-grey mycelia with clear boundaries are observed. (D) Aspergillus niger mycelia on culture media. A. niger grown in SDA at 30℃ for 3 days. Black woolly mycelia are observed.

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