Chlamydospore

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Gram stain of Candida albicans from a vaginal swab, showing hyphae, and chlamydospores, which are 2–4 μm in diameter.

A chlamydospore is the thick-walled large

germinate
in favorable conditions.

Chlamydospores are usually dark-coloured,

multicellular, with cells connected by pores in the septae
between cells.

Chlamydospores are a result of

conidia
called chlamydoconidia) or sexual reproduction (rare).
Teliospores are special kind of chlamydospores formed by rusts and smuts.

  • Pseudohyphae, chlamydospores and blastospores of Candida yeast.
    Pseudohyphae, chlamydospores and blastospores of Candida yeast.
  • Chlamydospores of the yeast Candida albicans
    Chlamydospores of the yeast Candida albicans

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