Figures & data
Figure 1 CT scan aspects of the pulmonary tissue: at D51, before starting the caspofungin treatment (A) and at D78, after the appropriate treatment was done (B).
Figure 2 Morphological aspects of the T. crustaceus isolate in scanning electron microscopy (ESEM Quanta 200-FEI, Hillsboro – USA): chains of conidia; (A) subspherical to hemispherical, non-ostiolate ascoma; (B) 8-spored asci; (C) thick-walled, finely echinulate ascospores (D).
Figure 3 Macroscopic aspects of the T. crustaceus isolate after 5 days incubation at different temperatures on Potatoes Dextrose Agar: 30°C (A); 37°C (B).
Figure 4 Phylogenetic tree of Thermoascus crustaceus based on confidently aligned internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences available in GenBank (constructed with BLASTN 2.9.0+).
