Memoria CD.indd - ISHAM

Cover figuresScanning electron microscope image of a conidium liberated from Paracoccidioides brasiliensismycelium. Magnification: approximately 12.000 X. Unpublished photography by WA Samsonoff,MR Edwards, ME Salazar, LE Cano, A. Restrepo. New York State Department of Health,Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, Albany, NY, USA. and Corporación paraInvestigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Medellin, Colombia.Composite figure obtained by periodic observations of a microculture inoculated with P. brasilienisisconidia. When freshly prepared, conidial structures - still attached to the parent mycelium - can beseen in the lower portion of the illustration. After 72 hours of incubation at 36° C, multiple buddingyeast cells can be observed in the upper portion of the figure. Magnification: 1.000 X. Illustrationprepared by Martha Urán and Diana Molina, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB),Medellin, Colombia.