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Table 1 Characteristics and localisation of nodules found in infected G. mellonella larvae

From: Biofilms formed by Candida albicans bloodstream isolates display phenotypic and transcriptional heterogeneity that are associated with resistance and pathogenicity

 

Nodules

 

Size

Melanisation

Encapsulation

Confluence

Fungal morphology

Localisation

 

Yeast cells

Hyphae

SC

FB

PI

PT

LBF

Small

+

+

-

+++

+*

+

+

++

-

HBF

Large

++, +++

+++

+

+

+++**

++

++

+++

+

  1. SC: subcuticle, FB: fat body, PI: paraintestinal, PT: paratracheal.
  2. *short squat hyphae, **long tangled hyphae often embedded in an extracellular matrix.