Fig 1.
Morphological switches and transitions during the fungal infection process.
(A) Yeast-to-hyphae-to-pseudohyphae transformations and switching between white, grey, opaque, and GUT yeast forms in C. albicans. (B) Reversible yeast-hyphae switching in Malassezia. (C) The spherule-endospore cycle, unique to Coccidioides infections. (D) Differentiation of regular yeast cells to produce various morphologically different forms in Cryptococcus. GUT, gastrointestional-induced transition.
Table 1.
The variety of morphological forms produced by pathogenic fungi that may play a role during the infection process.