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. 2018 Sep 25;9:2235. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02235

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Copyright © 2018 David-Vaizant and Alexandre.

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Scanning electron microscopy of velum: (A) ×2,000 (B) ×8,500 ovoid yeast and elongated pseudomycelium yeast; (C) ×3,000 (D) ×6,000 (E) ×8,000 yeast biofilm where yeasts are present in short chains of several cells; (F) ×650 (G) ×7,000 (I) ×5,000 (J,K) ×10,000 very dense biofilm with network of yeast, with all yeast cells embedded in an extracellular matrix; (H) ×1,000 velum in 3D like structure is visible formed by a sequence of ovoid cells attached together by their pole in an apparently disorganized manner.