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Cryptococcus neoformans giant cell.
Scanning electron microscopy image of a Cryptococcus neoformans giant cell isolated from the lung of an infected mouse. The image illustrates one of the most characteristic phenotypic features of giant cells, which is the high density of polysaccharide fibers present in the capsule. This structure presents as a highly cross-linked net, which is accumulated as a very compact layer around the cell body (see Zaragoza et al., doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000945).
Image Credit: Oscar Zaragoza, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States of America
Citation: (2010) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 6(6) June 2010. PLoS Pathog 6(6): ev06.i06. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v06.i06
Published: June 24, 2010
Copyright: © 2010 Oscar Zaragoza. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Scanning electron microscopy image of a Cryptococcus neoformans giant cell isolated from the lung of an infected mouse. The image illustrates one of the most characteristic phenotypic features of giant cells, which is the high density of polysaccharide fibers present in the capsule. This structure presents as a highly cross-linked net, which is accumulated as a very compact layer around the cell body (see Zaragoza et al., doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000945).
Image Credit: Oscar Zaragoza, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States of America