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The human fungal pathogen Candida albicans alkalinizes the local extracellular environment.
Two colonies of C. albicans grown for 19 days on GM-bromocresol green agar, pH 4. The fungus actively raises the pH of its surrounding environment. This alkalinization converts the normally dull green medium to a strong teal blue, whilst the filamentous fringes of the colonies (white) extend away from each other (see Mayer et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002592).
Image Credit: François Mayer, Bernhard Hube, and Duncan Wilson, Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute
Citation: (2012) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 8(3) March 2012. PLoS Pathog 8(3): ev08.i03. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v08.i03
Published: March 29, 2012
Copyright: © 2012 Mayer et al. . 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.
Two colonies of C. albicans grown for 19 days on GM-bromocresol green agar, pH 4. The fungus actively raises the pH of its surrounding environment. This alkalinization converts the normally dull green medium to a strong teal blue, whilst the filamentous fringes of the colonies (white) extend away from each other (see Mayer et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002592).
Image Credit: François Mayer, Bernhard Hube, and Duncan Wilson, Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute