title: The comparison of two agar media for germ tube and chlamydospore production by Candida albicans.
abstract: A simple (2% oxgall) agar medium is described for the production of both germ tubes and chlamydospores by over 500 clinical isolates of Candida albicans. In comparison studies between the 2% oxgall agar and the more complex "cream of rice" infusion-oxgall-Tween 80 agar (RIOT), germ tubes were formed by 478 isolates in both media, by 9 isolates in only the oxgall medium and by 11 isolates in only the RIOT medium. Chlamydospores were formed by 481 isolates in both media, by 2 isolates in only the oxgall medium and by 9 isolates in only the RIOT medium. The data also show that both the germ tubes and chlamydospores were needed for the presumptive clinical identification of C. albicans.
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar / Q000032:analysis*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013172:Spores, Fungal
chemical_list: D000362:Agar