 Phylum：Ascomycota >> Class： Saccharomycetes >> Order： Saccharomycetales |
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 BCRC Number： |
NO BCRC Number! | |||
| Scientific Name： |
Candida membranifaciens | |||
| Author： |
Candida membranifaciens (Lodder & Kreger-van Rij) Wickerham & K.A. Burton 1954. |
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| Description： |
Growth on yeast extract-malt extract agar: After 3 days at 25 °C, the cells are subglobose (3.3-6.7 × 2.6-5.6 μm), occur singly or in pairs. Vegetative reproduction is accomplished by multilateral budding. Growth on yeast extract-malt extract agar: After 7 days at 25 °C, streak cultures are creamy, butyrous, smooth, umbonate, dull and entire. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: On Dalmau plate cultures on corn meal agar after 10 days at 25 °C, pseudomycelium can be found under the cover glass. Formation of ascospores: After 10 days at 18 °C on CM agar, YM agar, McClary’s acetate agar, malt extract agar, and V8 agar, ascopores are absent. | |||
| Specimens： |
GY2S15, soil, Liouguei, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008. |
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| Habitat： |
Soil, urine, insect, leprous ulcer, olives, tanning fluid, Lake Champlain | |||
| Distribution： |
Taiwan, India, South Africa, Italy, USA, Spain, |
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| References： |
Wickerham LJ. and Burton KA. 1954. J. Bacteriol 68: 594-597. |
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| Provided： |
C. F. Lee |
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| Note： |
This species is placed in biological safety level 1. | |||