Cullen Lilley, MD, MS, MA, MB(ASCP) Profile picture
(He/Him) PGY1 @UCLA_Pathology. Co-founder of @PathElective, bioethicist, and creator of #meded illustrations. Tweets are my own.
Aug 19, 2020 7 tweets 5 min read
This week's #micromeded is for everyone out there who thinks micro is not the coolest thing in the world. Here is a short infographic describing the different growth patterns exhibited by #fungi: mold-/yeast-dominant or dimorphic. Created w/ @BioRender
1/ ImageImage For #MOLDS, their growth is characterized by hyphal growth at both environmental and body temperature. For #YEASTS, their growth is characterized by bacterial-like growth (i.e.: colonies are soft with no hyphae) at both environmental and body temperature.
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