CELL-WALL ANCHORING TO CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS

Cell wall ultrastructure of the opportunistic pathogenic yeast Candida albicans was investigated by stereoscopic freeze-etching technique. T hree wall layers were distinguishable by this technique. No clear peri plasmic space was evident. Bilayer membrane invaginations were extensi ve. The outermost regions of the membrane invaginations were lined wit h thin, spine-like fibrils, which extended into the cell wall. We sugg est that the fibrils along the invaginations are involved in anchoring the cell wall to the membrane.