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Chlamydosporulation of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis on mustard agar
Author(s) -
Girish Kumar C. P.,
Me T.,
Prabu D.,
Nandhakumar B.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01320.x
Subject(s) - candida dubliniensis , chlamydospore , candida albicans , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , corpus albicans , yeast , botany , bacteria , spore , genetics
Summary Chlamydospores are distinctive morphological forms characteristic of Candida albicans , a phenomenon shared only with the closely related species Candida dubliniensis . The production of chlamydospores has remained an important diagnostic criterion for the differentiation of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis from other yeast. We herein describe a new medium, mustard agar, for chlamydosporulation in Candida . All the strains of C. dubliniensis and C. albicans tested produced chlamydospores on mustard agar, whereas none of the other five species produced chlamydospores.