A simple medium for isolation and identification of Candida albicans directly from clinical specimens

Promotion of chlamydoconidium formation inCandida albicansby corn meal brothincubation

“…1E). In a survey of 147 strains of the genus Candida, the centration, concentration of 10 5 cells ml -1 being reported as optimal [5,6]. In these current experiments, a conformation of 'star'-like clusters was recognized in the cultures of all 111 strains of C. albicans (100%).…”