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Bioluminescence imaging of invasive aspergillosis. The depicted mouse was immunosuppressed with cortisone acetate and infected intranasally with the bioluminescent A. fumigatus strain C3. Bioluminescence was acquired 28 h after infection. Light emission is detected from both lung lobes indicating the establishment of bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. (Figure kindly provided by O. Ibrahim-Granet).

Visualisation of bioluminescence from A. fumigatus colonies. The A. fumigatus wild-type strain CBS144.89 and the bioluminescent strains C3 and 2/7/1 are shown. Strains were grown for 48 h in the presence of 1 mM D-luciferin on glucose minimal medium. The upper lane shows a daylight photograph, the bottom line bioluminescence images of the colonies acquired by a medium sensitive Versa Doc luminescence imaging system. Strain C3 carries four ectopic integrations of the P. pyralis luciferase gene codon adapted for expression in mammalian cells. Only a moderate light emission is detected. Strain 2/7/1 carries two integrations of the P. pyralis gene codon optimised for expression in A. fumigatus. Light emission is strongly enhanced.