title: Tobacco agar: a new medium for chlamydosporulation in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis.
abstract: Chlamydospores are a distinctive morphologic feature of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis and aid in their identification. A new medium, tobacco agar, for chlamydosporulation in Candida is described. All the strains of C. dubliniensis and 96% of isolates of C. albicans tested produced chlamydospores after 24 h incubation on tobacco agar, whereas none of the other seven species produced chlamydospores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology Dr A. L. Mudaliar Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: C P Girish
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Thangam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000362:Agar; D002175:Candida / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar