Phylum:Ascomycota >> Class: Saccharomycetes >> Order: Saccharomycetales | ||||
BCRC Number: | 22567 | |||
Scientific Name: | Candida intermedia | |||
Author: | Basionym: Blastodendrion intermedium Ciferri & Ashford. In Ciferri & Ashford, Porto Rico, J. Publ. Health Trop. Med. 5: 91-105. 1929. Candida intermedia (Ciferri & Ashford) Langeron & Guerra., Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 16: 36-179, 429-476, 481-525. 1938. |
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Description: | Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are ellipsoidal to cylindrical, (2.4 –6.4) × (3.2-7.2) µm, single, in pairs, multilateral budding. Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar: Aerobic growth is cream, butyrous, smooth, light and convex with enrose margin. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 7 days at 25°C, pseudohyphae consist of many branched chains of cylindrical cells are formed. Formation of ascospores: Ascospores are not formed. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Hualien: Soil in carambola orchard, Dec 1991, BCRC 22567. |
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Habitat: | Faece, fallen Musanga sinithii, throat, skin of hand, seawater, grape, fruit, soil, beer, washed beer bottles and brine bath in cheese factory. | |||
Distribution: | Puerto Rico, Sweden, Norway, Germany, USA, Brazil, South Africa, Netherlands and Taiwan. |
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References: | Langeron, M and Guerra, P. 1938. |
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Provided: | F. L. Lee |
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Note: | This species is placed in biological safety level 1. | |||