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Lasseur & Servet (1922) describe cultures as follows. Opaque, white ele- 

 vated and round on Sabouraud maltose. On gelatin, velvety, thick, elevated, 

 pure white. Growth poor on potato and turnip. Acidification and fermenta- 

 tion with glucose, fructose, and maltose, not with other sugars. Growth on 

 coagulated serum poor, no liquefaction. Gelatin not liquefied. Organism 

 gram-positive. 



Blastodendrion Favrei (Ota) Dodge, n. comb. 



Levure de Favre Ota, Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 2: 51, 1924. 



Fig. 53. — Blastodendrion Pinoyi. (After Odlund & HofCstadt 1929.) 



Mycelohlastanon Favrei Ota, Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 3: 181-184, 1 

 fig., 1925. 



Cryptococcus (Mycocryptococcus) Favrei Pollacci & Nannizzi, I Miceti 

 Patog. 9: 83, 1929. 



Candida Favrei Almeida, Annaes Fac. Med. Sao Paulo 9: 11, 1933. 



First case cited, Favre & Ota, C. R. Soc. Biol. 88: 222-224, 1924. 



Isolated from pruriginous dermatitis of inguinal and axillary folds. Sub- 

 cutaneous or intraperitoneal injections pathogenic to rabbit and guinea pig. 



Morphology on carrot : cells spherical, ovoid, ellipsoid, often elongate, 

 isolated or in twos, occasionally agglomerated in larger number. In deeper 



