258 MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 



Isolated in case of bronchitis. 



Colonies Avhite. Acid formation and fermentation with glucose, fructose, 

 and sucrose, slight with galactose and inulin. Slight acid formation only with 

 maltose and raffinose. Milk turned slightly acid, then alkaline. Neither 

 coagulated serum nor gelatin liquefied. 



Castellania Lustigi (Castellani & Chalmers) Dodge, n. comb. 



Monilia Lustigi Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 2, 828, 829, 1913. 



Isolated from samples of tea. 



Colonies snow white. On coagulated serum, a black pigment diffuses into 

 the medium. Litmus milk slightly acid then decolorized. Slight acid forma- 

 tion and fermentation with fructose, sucrose, raffinose. Acid with glucose, 

 galactose, and dextrin, very slight with maltose. No liquefaction of coagu- 

 lated serum or gelatin. 



Castellania metatropicalis (Castellani & Chalmers) Dodge, n. comb. 



Monilia metairopicalis Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 3, 1087, 

 1919. 



White colony on glucose agar. Acid formation and fermentation with 

 glucose, fructose, maltose, galactose, and sucrose. Milk coagulated. 



Castellania insolita (Castellani) Dodge, n. comb. 



Endomyces insolitus Castellani, Brit. Med. Jour. 2: 1208-1212, 1912. 



Monilia insolita Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 2, 827, 1913. 



Mycelohlastanon iyisolitum Ota, Jap. Jour. Derm. Urol. 28: [4], 1928. 



Candida insolita Basgal, Contr. Estudo Blastomycoses Puliuonares, 49, 1931. 



Isolated from feces and saliva. 



In culture, forms a dark pigment which diffuses into the medium. Acid 

 formation and fermentation Avitli glucose, fructose, maltose, galactose, sucrose. 

 Slightly acid with mannite. ]Milk turns slightly acid, then alkaline. No lique- 

 faction of coagulated serum or gelatin. 



Castellania tropicalis (Castellani) Dodge, n. comb. 



Oidium tropicals Castellani, Philippine Jour. Sci. 1> 5: 197-202, 1910; Brit. 

 Med. Jour. 1910 2: 686-689, 1910. 



Endomyces tropicalis Castellani, Centralbl. Bakt. 1, 58: 236-238, 1911. 



Monilia tropicalis Castellani & Chalmers. Man. Trop. ]\Ied. ed. 2, 824-825, 

 1913. 



Atelosaccharomyces tropicalis Froilano de Mello & Gonzaga Fernandes, Arq. 

 Ilig. Pat. Exot. 6: 263-268, 1918. 



MyceloMastanon tropicale Ota, Jap. Jour. Derm. Urol. 28: [4], 1928. 



Candida tropicalis Basgal, Contr. Estudo Blastomycoses Pulmonares 49, 

 1931. 



Isolated from sputum in 4 cases of coughing, 2 of the patients having been 

 exposed to tea dust. Three cured by medication with potassium iodide. Tu- 

 berculosis absent. Later same organism isolated in cases of tonsillomycoses 

 and thrush. 



