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Yeasts, Molds & Dimorphic Fungi

Every fungus that makes people ill grows as a budding yeast, as a branching mold, or as a shape-shifter that switches between the two. Set the incubator temperature and watch each one grow in its own way.

Candida albicans at 30 °C

Drag the temperature slider and watch the form change.
Candida albicansa yeast

Incubator

4 °C fridge25 °C room37 °C body45 °C
Growth rate best
At 25 °Cyeast
At 37 °Cyeast

Pick a fungus

Form right nowyeast
Where it lives—
Drug target—