NCYC 597

Candida albicans

Taxon Synonyms

Candida albicans

Equivalent Strain Designations

ATCC 18804, CBS 562, CCRC 20512, CECT 1002, DBVPG 6133, IFO 1385, IGC 3436, JCM 1542, KCTC 7270, NRRL Y-12983.

Depositor

CBS

Deposit Date

May 1960

Habitat

Skin of man with interdigital mycosis, Uraguay.

Details

Candida albicans

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Key Information

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth

Strain Information

Information
US Patent 3,726,763 : production of citric acid.
DepositorCBS
Deposit NameCandida albicans
Month of depositMay
Deposit Year1960
HabitatSkin of man with interdigital mycosis, Uraguay.
Equivalent Strain DesignationsATCC 18804, CBS 562, CCRC 20512, CECT 1002, DBVPG 6133, IFO 1385, IGC 3436, JCM 1542, KCTC 7270, NRRL Y-12983.
ReferenceMackinnon, Caracteres y grado de la virulencia experimental de las Torulopsidaceas de la sub-familia Micotoruleas (Monilias), Montevideo: Thesis 1936. Diddens & Lodder, Die anaskosporogenen Hefen, 2e Hälfte, p. 117 (neotype). Suzuki & Nakase, Microbiol.Cult.Coll. 14: 49-62, 1998 (cell-wall comp.,CoQ). Nakase et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 161-169, 1994 (DNA,CoQ). Shin et al., J.Gen.Appl.Microbiol. 42: 481-491. 1996 (CoQ). Sato M , et al. Growth inhibitory properties of chalcones to Candida. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 18: 53-55, 1994. Segal E , et al. Adhesion of Candida albicans to epithelial cells - effect of mikkomycin. Mycoses 40: 33-39, 1997. Kurtzman CP , Robnett CJ . Identification of clinically important ascomycetous yeasts based on nucleotide divergence in the 5' end of the large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA gene. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35: 1216-1223, 1997. Newman SL , Holly A . Candida albicans is phagocytosed, killed, and processed for antigen presentation by human dendritic cells. Infect. Immun. 69: 6813-6822, 2001.

Physical Characteristics

Optimum TemperatureUnknown
Miniumum TemperatureUnknown
Maximum TemperatureUnknown

Cells

ShapeUnknown
Min Broth Breadth (µm)5
Max Broth Breadth (µm)9
Min Broth Length (µm)6
Max Broth Length (µm)14
Min Agar Breadth (µm)3
Max Agar Breadth (µm)8
Min Agar Length (µm)8
Max Agar Length (µm)14
ArrangementPairs
Colour on AgarCream
Surface on AgarShiny
Texture on AgarSmooth
Deposit in BrothNon-Flocculent
Ring in BrothAbsent
Ring ColourUnknown
Pellicle in BrothAbsent
Pellicle AppearanceUnknown
Pellicle HabitatUnknown

Cell Division

BuddingMultipolar
FissionAbsent

Filamentous Growth

PseudomyceliumWell Formed
Pseudomycelium BranchUnknown
Pseudomycelium FormUnknown
BlastosporesAbsent
Blastospore ShapeUnknown
Blastospore LocationUnknown
Blastospore HabitatUnknown
True MyceliumAbsent
Clamp ConnectionsAbsent

Asexual Spores

BallistosporesAbsent
AthrosporesAbsent
EndosporesAbsent
ChlamydosporesUnknown

Sexual Spores

AscosporesAbsent
Ascospore ShapeUnknown
Ascospore WallUnknown
Ascospores No Per AscusN/A
Ascus ShapeN/A
ConjugationAbsent
TeliosporesAbsent
Teliospore ShapeUnknown

Miscellaneous

AssayUnknown
Salt TolerantUnknown
KillerUnknown
PlasmidUnknown

Semi-Anaerobic Fermentation

Glucose+
Galactose+
Sucrose-
Maltose+
Cellobiose-
Trehalose-
Lactose-
Melibiose-
Raffinose-
MelizitoseUnknown
InulinUnknown
Soluble StarchUnknown
XyloseUnknown
AMD GlucosideUnknown

Aerobic Utilisation and Growth - Sole Sources of Nitrogen

NH4 2SO4+
KNO3-
Ethylamine+
CadaverineUnknown
LysineUnknown

Other

Vitamin Free GrowthUnknown
Cyclohex 100Unknown
Cyclohex 1000Unknown
Glucose Growth 50Unknown
Glucose Growth 60Unknown
LipolyticUnknown
Acid ProductionUnknown
Growth 37+
Growth 40Unknown
Arbutin Hydrolysis-
Urease ActivityUnknown
Starch Production-
Acid TolerantUnknown

Genomic Sequence Data

No data

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