Tobacco agar: a new medium for chlamydosporulation in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis. |
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| Authors: | C P Girish Kumar Thangam Menon |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology Dr A. L. Mudaliar Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani, Chennai, India. |
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| Abstract: | Chlamydospores are a distinctive morphologic feature of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis and aid in their identification. A new medium, tobacco agar, for chlamydosporulation in Candida is described. All the strains of C. dubliniensis and 96% of isolates of C. albicans tested produced chlamydospores after 24 h incubation on tobacco agar, whereas none of the other seven species produced chlamydospores. |
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