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Species which have been very poorly described as to morphology have 

 been referred here if their biochemical reactions warranted, on the ground 

 that if the morphology were distinctive, it would have been described. The 

 genus as here treated is probably heterogeneous. It is found principally on 

 mucous membranes, producing vaginitis, bronchitis, and enteritis, not produc- 

 ing subcutaneous abscesses as far as known. 



Milk clotted. Key to Species 



Colonies white. 



Serum liquefied, from perionychia. 



Serum not liquefied, from bronchitis. 

 Colonies yellowish. 



Growth on broth cloudy; from vaginitis. 



Growth on broth clear; isolated from sputum. 



Milk not clotted. 



Colonies yellowish, isolated from sputum. 

 Colonies white. 



No acid formed in sugars. 



Cells 4-5ya; from macroglossia. 

 Cells 6-6.5m; from cutaneous abscesses. 

 Acid with glucose and maltose. 

 Acid with maltose and galactose. 

 Acid with maltose, galactose, and sucrose. 

 Eeaction with sugars unknown. 

 Isolated from vaginitis. 

 Isolated from intestinal tract in sprue. 

 Reaction with milk unknown. 



Eeaction with sugars unknown. 



Acid with glucose, sucrose, and maltose. 



Acid with glucose, sucrose, maltose, and dextrin. 



Acid with glucose, sucrose, maltose, dextrin, and galactose. 



No acid with sugars. 



P. periunguealis. 

 P. zeylanoides. 



P. albus. 



P. seylanicus. 



P. zeylanicus. 



P. macroglossiae. 

 P. Hessleris. 

 P. inexorabilis. 

 P. Perryi. 

 P. Blanchardi. 



P. vaginalis. 



P. Vanderiurgii. 



P. Krausi. 

 P. butantanensis. 

 P. Vuillemini. 

 P. communis. 

 P. enterocola. 



Parendomyces periungiiealis (Nino) Dodge, n. comb. 



Monilia periunguealis Nino, Bol. Inst. Clin. Quirurg. Univ. Buenos Aires 5: 

 270-283, 1930. 



Monilia sp. Swartz, Arch. Derm. Syphilol. 18: 74-78, 5 figs., 1928. 



Mycotorula albicans Talice & Mackinnon, Reunion Soc. Patol. Reg. Norte 

 Santiago del Estero 8: 161, 1933. 



Isolated from two cases of perionychomycosis in Argentine women. In one 

 case, the finger nail was deformed, rough and dull, with longitudinal striations. 

 Cuticle and skin of both cases loose and thickened at edge, exuding greenish 

 yellow pus on pressure. Yeast isolated from pus. Amelioration by treatment 

 with KI.Io and alkaline washes. Final cure effected by irradiation with x-rays. 

 Pathogenic to rabbit, guinea pig, and rat. 



In pus, yeast cells mostly spherical, some sprouting, more or less refrin- 

 gent. In culture on either solid or liquid media, at first only sprouting forms 

 appear. Yeast cells which are variable in size, 2-4/t, spherical or ovoid, form 



