A Researcher Is Looking at Different Petri Dishes That Contain

Multiple Choice

A researcher is looking at different petri dishes that contain the yeast C. albicans. In the first dish she evaluates, she notices that the yeast do not form hyphae. Is this a mutant strain of yeast?

A) Yes, because the lack of hyphae denotes pathogenic yeast.
B) Yes, because yeast typically form hyphae.
C) No, because yeast do not normally form hyphae.
D) No, because yeast always form rhizoids and not hyphae.