The comparison of two agar media for germ tube and chlamydospore production by Candida albicans
- PMID: 370069
Item in Clipboard
The comparison of two agar media for germ tube and chlamydospore production by Candida albicans
Health Lab Sci.
1978 Oct.
Abstract
A simple (2% oxgall) agar medium is described for the production of both germ tubes and chlamydospores by over 500 clinical isolates of Candida albicans. In comparison studies between the 2% oxgall agar and the more complex "cream of rice" infusion-oxgall-Tween 80 agar (RIOT), germ tubes were formed by 478 isolates in both media, by 9 isolates in only the oxgall medium and by 11 isolates in only the RIOT medium. Chlamydospores were formed by 481 isolates in both media, by 2 isolates in only the oxgall medium and by 9 isolates in only the RIOT medium. The data also show that both the germ tubes and chlamydospores were needed for the presumptive clinical identification of C. albicans.
Similar articles
-
Incubation at room temperature may be an independent factor that induces chlamydospore production in Candida dubliniensis.Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Aug;52(4):305-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2005.04.014. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005. PMID: 16054328
-
[Presumptive identification of Candida albicans by rapid diagnostic tests].Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2006 Oct;12(5):180-3. Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2006. PMID: 17080351 Czech.
-
Simplified sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seed agar for differentiation of Candida dubliniensis from Candida albicans.Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004 Jun;10(6):590-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00923.x. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004. PMID: 15191394
-
Differential expression of the NRG1 repressor controls species-specific regulation of chlamydospore development in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis.Mol Microbiol. 2005 Jan;55(2):637-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04414.x. Mol Microbiol. 2005. PMID: 15659176
-
Chlamydospore formation in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis--an enigmatic developmental programme.Mycoses. 2007 Jan;50(1):1-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01308.x. Mycoses. 2007. PMID: 17302741 Review.
Cited by
-
A reemphasis-Germ tubes diagnostic for Candida albicans have no constrictions.Mycopathologia. 1980 Mar 17;70(2):95-101. doi: 10.1007/BF00443074. Mycopathologia. 1980. PMID: 6993954
-
New milk medium for germ tube and chlamydoconidia production by Candida albicans.Mycopathologia. 1993 Aug;123(2):95-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01365086. Mycopathologia. 1993. PMID: 8264773
-
The comparison of six media for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans.Mycopathologia. 1981 Nov 11;76(2):125-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00443760. Mycopathologia. 1981. PMID: 7033794