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The comparison of six media for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans

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Six different cultural media (corn meal agar, rice extract agar, chlamydospore agar, PCB, Tween 80-oxgall-caffeic acid and diluted milk) were compared for chlamydospore production by 224 yeastlike fungi isolates. Candida albicans formed chlamydospores to a variable degree in all of the media, as did C. stellatoidea to a lesser extent. C. tropicalis, C. parasilopsis, C. guilliermondii and C. krusei did not produce chlamydospores in any of the media tested. Statistically, the most productive media were the milk and TOC media. Milk medium is particularly useful because of its simplicity and economy.

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Casal, M., Linares, M.J. The comparison of six media for chlamydospore production by Candida albicans. Mycopathologia 76, 125–128 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443760

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