Aspergillus niger on Culture and Microscopy Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Aspergillus #niger

Aspergillus flavus on Culture and Microscopy Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Aspergillus #flavus #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture

Aspergillus terreus on Culture and Microscopy - velvety white, later dusky "cinnamon' growth on culture - extremely densely packed heads Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Aspergillus #terreus #clinical #culture #Microscopy #clinical #microbiology

Aspergillus terreus on Culture and Microscopy - cinnamon (with sugar) brown" growth on plate - resistant to Amphotericin B - biseriate - tightly packed vesicles (not radial) Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Aspergillus #Terreus #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture

Aspergillus clavatus on Microscopy "clavate"="club-like" An occupational health hazard, it grows on malt & grains - brewery workers can develop severe allergies. Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Aspergillus #clavatus #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture

Aspergillus fumigatus on culture and microscopy The most typically isolated hyaline mold: Aspergillus fumigatus. Dark blue-green suede colony growth (usually) and thick club-like heads with uniseriate phialides, A. fumigatus can also grow at 50C! Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Aspergillus #fumigatus #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture

Bipolaris ("pea pods") on Plate Culture and Microscopy Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Bipolaris #mold #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture

Abiotrophia defectiva on Blood Culture and Microscopy - only growing on Chocolate Agar - Gram pos cocci in chains (resembling Streptococcus spp.) Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Abiotrophia #defectiva #clinical #microscopy #microbiology #culture

Helicobacter pylori - gastric biopsy microscopy Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Helicobacter #pylori #hpylori #clinical #microscopy #microbiology

Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR - Respiratory sample, growing in MGIT media: Kinyoun stain positive Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Nocardia #Culture #Sputum #Microscopy #clinical #microbiology

Sporothrix schenckii Slide culture (coverslip embedded into culture media and stained with Lactophenol cotton blue) - better preservation of structures Rich Davis, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS @richdavisphd #Sporothrix #schenckii #clinical #culture #microscopy #microbiology