Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals (IMAGE)

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Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus that can cause serious life-threatening invasive infections in immunocompromised individuals

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Cleistothecia (sexual fruiting bodies, the white fluffy balls surrounded by asexual green chains of spores) of Aspergillus fumigatus.

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Eveline Snelders (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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