Fig 1.
A. fumigatus strain AF293 cultured on minimal and complex media for 72 hours.
Representative images of 1,000 AF293 conidia spot-inoculated on 1% glucose minimal media, Sabouraud complex media, or YPD complex media. For each media type, hypoxia exacerbates colony topographical features. Growth on complex media sources results in colony furrows, whereas growth on minimal media does not under the same atmospheric conditions. YPD, yeast peptone dextrose.
Fig 2.
Virulence-associated macroscopic morphotypes of bacteria and fungi.
Image summary of specific microbial colony morphologies associated with clinical isolation, host–pathogen interactions, and disease outcomes for bacteria (V. cholerae and B. pseudomallei) and fungi (A. fumigatus and C. neoformans) discussed in the text. H-MORPH, hypoxia-locked morphotype; LL-37, human cathelicidin family antimicrobial peptide; N-MORPH, normoxia-locked morphotype.