A Researcher Is Looking at Different Petri Dishes That Contain

question 61

Multiple Choice

A researcher is looking at different petri dishes that contain the yeast C. albicans. In the first dish she evaluates, she notices that the yeast do not form hyphae. Is this a mutant strain of yeast?

• A)Yes, because the lack of hyphae denotes pathogenic yeast.
• B)Yes, because yeast typically form hyphae.
• C)No, because yeast do not normally form hyphae.
• D)No, because yeast always form rhizoids and not hyphae.

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