Illustrated in this photomicrograph of a lactophenol blue preparation of a urine sediment is a cluster of yeast cells that were presumptively identified as <em>Cryptococcus</em> species. Further characteristics that may assist in confirming this identification are:<br /> from Mycology: Yeasts and Dimorphic Pathogens, presented by MediaLab

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Illustrated in this photomicrograph of a lactophenol blue preparation of a urine sediment is a cluster of yeast cells that were presumptively identified as Cryptococcus species. Further characteristics that may assist in confirming this identification are:

More than one answer is correct. Please select all correct answers

	Strong urease activity
	Selective assimilation of dextrose and trehalose
	Production of ascospores on ascospore agar
	Strong phenoloxidase activity

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