Figure 3. Cells lacking STP2 fail to form hyphae and escape from phagocytosis.

Log phase wild type cells or stp2Δ mutant cells were co-cultured with RAW264.7 macrophages in RPMI medium. The interaction was observed using time-lapse microscopy as noted in Materials and Methods. Representative images are shown. White arrows indicate cells in yeast morphology, whereas black arrows point to germinated cells.