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From: Caenorhabditis elegans DAF-16 regulates lifespan and immune responses to Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii infections

Fig. 2

Interaction of C. elegans with C. neoformans and C. gattii. Survival of cryptococcal yeast cells that passed through the nematode pharyngeal grinder was seen at the distal area of the abnormally distended gastrointestinal tract of wild-type, sek-1(ag1), daf-16(mu86), jnk-1(gk7), and osr-1(rm1) but not age-1(hx546) and sir-2.1(ok434) strains. Black arrows indicate the nematode pharyngeal grinder organ. White arrows indicate the intestinal lumen of the nematode. Worms were photographed alive after infecting with C. neoformans 32045 and C. gattii 56992 on BHI plates for 48 h at 25 °C (n = 30). Scale bar = 20 µm and 10 µm

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