Evaluation of industrial yeasts for pathogenicity.
Eleven yeasts representative of species of industrial interest were compared with Candida albicans for their potential pathogenicity for untreated and cortisone-treated mice. Only C. tropicalis produced a progressive infection similar to that produced by C. albicans. Candida lipolytica, Torulopsis spp., and Hansenula polymorpha were not recovered from mice 6 days after inoculation. Kluyveromyces fragilis, C. pseudotropicalis, C. utilis, C. guilliermondii and C. maltosa were recovered from mice but did not produce evidence of infection.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002175:Candida / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007668:Kidney / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D013045:Species Specificity; D015003:Yeasts / Q000472:pathogenicity*