Basionym: Oidium albicans Robin., In Robin, Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux Parasites qui Croissent sur l’homme et sur les Animaux vivants. Bailliere, Paris. 1853.
Candida albicans (Robin) Berkhout., De Schimmelgeslachten Monilia, Oidium, Oospora en Torula. Thesis, Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht. 1923.
Description：
Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth:
After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are globosely to elliptical, (4.0-6.4) × (4.8-8.0) μm, single, in pairs, and short-chain, multilateral budding.
Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar:
Aerobic growth is cream-color, glistening, butyrous, soft and smooth.
Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar:
After 7 days at 25°C, well-differentiated branched pseudohyphae with chain or cluster of blastoconidia and septate hyphae are present. Pseudohyphae with grape-like clusters of blastoconidia occurring along the pseudohyphal chains are often observed.
Formation of ascospores:
Ascospores are not formed.
Specimens：
Taiwan: FDB, BCRC 20935.
Habitat：
Human beings and animals, plant, seawater, cadaver tank containing 1% formalin.
Distribution：
Argentina, Austria, china, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Nova Goa, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Switzerland, Uruguay, Zaire and Taiwan.
References：
Berkhout, CM. 1923.
Provided：
F. L. Lee
Note：
This species is the main cause of buccal and vaginal thrush (Hazen, 1995) and can produce deep-seated infections (Campbell, CK et al. 1996). The species placed in biological safety level 2 (de Hoog, GS. 1996).
Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Saccharomycetes >> Order： Saccharomycetales 
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