Cryptoccocus yeasts stained with acridine orange and India ink.
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posted on 2017-07-27, 17:50 authored by Richard Kwizera, Andrew Akampurira, Darlisha Williams, David R. Boulware, David B. Meya(a) Image of a positive acridine orange slide showing Cryptococcus yeasts fluorescing green against a dark background, using a blue filter on a fluorescent microscope. (b) Image of a negative acridine orange slide showing no Cryptococcus yeasts. (c) Image of a positive india ink slide showing a capsule of Cryptococcus yeasts on a bright field light microscope. (d) Image of a negative india ink slide showing no Cryptococcus yeasts. All images were taken at 40x magnification.
