Candida albicans is an endogenous organism found in 40 to 80% of normal humans as commensal in the gastrointestinal tract, oropharynx, and female genital tract. It is a commonest cause of candidiasis...
Category: Mycology
Germ tube test is a screening test for the presumptive identification of Candida albicans. Candida dubliniensis can also form germ tubes and Candida tropicalis can produce pseudohyphae that closely...
If you observe a probable fungus in the culture plate, colony characteristics are first assessed to determine the broad group of the isolate. Once the initial observations are made, the...
Sporothrix is a medically important dimorphic fungus. It is a causative agent of an occupational disease, sporotrichosis, also called Rose Gardner's Disease. Other species of Sporothrix that cause...
Fungi can be broadly classified into two groups; yeasts and molds. Yeasts are single-celled organisms that reproduce by budding, but molds grow as filament-like structures and reproduce primarily...