 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Saccharomycetes >> Order： Saccharomycetales |
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 BCRC Number： |
22559 | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Candida oleophila | |||
| Author： |
Candida oleophila Montrocher., Rev. Mycol. 32: 69-92. 1967. |
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| Description： |
Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are globose, ellipsoidal to cylindrical, (2.4 – 6.4) × (3.2-9.6) µm, single, in pairs and short chain, multilateral budding. Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar: Aerobic growth is cream, butyrous, smooth, glistening and raised with enrose margin. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: After 7 days at 25°C, pseudohyphae consist of branched chains of cylindrical cells, sometimes with verticals of ovoidal blastocondida. Formation of ascospores: Ascospores are not formed. | |||
| Specimens： |
Taiwan, Hualien: Soil in carambola orchard, Dec 1991, BCRC 22559. |
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| Habitat： |
Flower of Phacelia sp., cider, tonic water, rotten wood, olive, oil-pipe in food-processing plant, soil and unripe strawberry. | |||
| Distribution： |
UK, Chile, Netherlands, Italy and Taiwan. |
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| References： |
Montrocher, R. 1967. |
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| Provided： |
F. L. Lee |
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| Note： |
This species is placed in biological safety level 1. | |||