Fluorescence microscopy image of Ustilago maydis hyphae (IMAGE)

Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf

Fluorescence microscopy image of Ustilago maydis hyphae

Caption

Fluorescence microscopy image of Ustilago maydis hyphae showing unipolar growth and septation: The cytoplasm, septa and initial cell are stained with the pigment calcofluor white, which makes chitin in the fungal cell wall visible.

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HHU/Johannes Postma & Michael Feldbrügge

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