Figure 6.

Biofilms of M. canis, formed on hair fragments, are visualized by different microscopic techniques. Columns (i), (ii) and (iii) correspond to stereo, scanning electron, and fluorescence images, respectively. Columns i and ii provide an overview and close up inspection of M. canis ex vivo biofilms, respectively, indicating the obliteration of the fungal elements, as they affected by BBLP in a dose-dependent manner (ia-iia, ib-iib, ic-iic, and id-iid, respectively) compared to the untreated controls (ia-iia) respectively. On the other hand, Column (iii) provides the appearance of red hyphae in an ascending order (iiib < iiic < iiid, respectively) indicating that the integrity of the cell membrane had been compromised as compared to the intact control without red hyphae (iiia).