Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Saccharomycetes >> Order: Saccharomycetales | ||||
BCRC Number: | 22789 | |||
Scientific Name: | Candida glabrata | |||
Author: | Basionym: Cryptococcus glabratus H.W. Anderson. In H.W. Anderson, J. Infect. Dis. 21: 341-385. 1917. Candida glabrata (H.W. Anderson) S.A. Mey. & Yarrow., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 28: 611-615. 1978. |
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Description: | Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are ovoid to ellipsoidal, (1.6-4.8) × (3.2-6.4) µm, single and in pairs, multilateral budding. Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar: Aerobic growth is cream, smooth, glistening and butyrous, flat with lobed margin. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 7 days at 25°C, pseudohyphae and true hyphae are not produced. Formation of ascospores: Ascospores are not formed. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Miaoli: Facultative anaerobically fermented mustard (Fu-Tsai), Nov 1994, BCRC 22789. |
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Habitat: | Fermented vegetable and fruit juice, Human beings, low pH medium, larvae and wood, calf fetus and concentrated orange juice. | |||
Distribution: | USA, Austria, Finland, Netherlands, UK, South Africa, India, New Zealand and Taiwan. |
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References: | Yarrow, D and Meyer, SA. 1978. |
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Provided: | F. L. Lee |
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Note: | This species is a minor pathogen of man (Wingard, JR. 1995) and placed in biological safety level 1. | |||