Basionym: Oidium tropicale Castell. In Castell., Br. Med. J. 2: 868-869. 1910.
Candida tropicalis (Castell.) Berkhout, De schimmelgeslachten Monilia, Oidium, Oospora en Torula, Thesis. Ueiversity of Utrecht. 1923.
Description：
Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth:
After 3 days at 25°C, the cells are spheroidal and short-spheroidal, ellipsoidal, cylindrical, (3.2-8.0) × (4.0-8.8) µm, single, in pairs, multilateral budding.
Growth on glucose-yeast extract-peptone agar:
Aerobic growth is cream, smooth, butyrous, soft, glistening and convex with fringed border.
Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar:
After 7 days at 25°C, pseudohyphae consist of branched chains of cylindrical cells with blastoconidia formed singly or in verticals. Septate hyphae are usually present.
Formation of ascospores:
Ascospores are not formed.
Specimens：
Taiwan, Miaoli: Facultative anaerobically fermented mustard (Fu-Tsai), Oct 1994, BCRC 22787. Taiwan, Chiayi City: Fermented star-fruit juice, May 1991, BCRC 22341. Taiwan, Taipei: National Taiwan University, Dec 1999, BCRC 20485.
Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Saccharomycetes >> Order： Saccharomycetales 
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