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colonies and niycelinm. In broth, a slight turbidity appears with a white 

 powdery deposit. In peptone water, no turbidity, but white flakes on walls 

 and at bottom. No acid formation here or in milk. In yeast extract, turbidity and 

 pellicle at sides of tube. Glucose, fructose, and maltose fermented. Acid for- 

 mation with sucrose and galactose. No action with lactose, mannite, dextrin, 

 spores (Fig. 56). Gelatin not liquefied. 



MYCOCANDIDA 



Mycocandida Langeron & Talice, Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 10: 56-58, 

 1932. 



The type species is Candida mortifera Redaelli. 



Colonies creamj^, sometimes thick, more often thin, flat, iridescent, trans- 

 parent at first, gently sloping from the center, sometimes coremia pres- 

 ent; colonies beginning by bipolar sprouting; blastospores appearing late, 

 dimorphous, ovoid or elongate, the latter predominant, much less numerous 

 than in the preceding genera. Pseudomycelium well developed, highly 

 branched (suggesting a fir tree), hyphae ending in a group of blastospores, a 

 short chain, or a single elongate cell. Verticils not developed, the apical por- 

 tion of a pseudomycelial cell not producing more than two opposite blasto- 

 spores (Fig. 56). Gelatin not liquefied. 



Key to Species 



Colony yellowish, becoming rose color. M. rosea. 

 Colony not becoming rose color. 



Maltose fermented, cutaneous lesions. M. Shutetzlcyi. 



Maltose not fermented, intestinal tract. M. parapsilosis. 



Action on maltose unknown, nails. M. onychophila. 



Mycocandida rosea (Zenoni) Dodge, n. comb. 



Oidium roseum [non liquefaciens] Zenoni, Lo Sperimentale 66: 33-66, 1912. 



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



MyceloUastanon roseum Ota, Jap. Jour. Derm. Urol. 28: [4], 1928. 



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



Isolated from a fatal case of hepatitis. Pathogenic for rabbits. 



Colony yellowish, rounded, granulose, waxy, shining. On agar after 12-15 

 days, there is a definite odor and distinct rose coral color. In plain broth, 

 floccose sediment. In brain broth, liquid becomes turbid with white powdery 

 sediment and yellowish white flocci. Gelatin not liquefied. 



Mycocandida Skutetzkyi (Ota) Dodge, n. comb. 



Cryptococcus Skutetzkyi Ota apud Nannizzi, Tratt. Micopat. Umana [Pol- 

 lacci] 4: 331, 1934. 



Cryptococcus de Skidetsky Sa.sakawa, Centralbl. Bakt. I, 88: 273, 1922; 

 Ota, Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 2: 53-55, Fig. 10, 1924. 



Isolated from cutaneous lesions, case never published. 



