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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 



Candida urinae Dodge, n. sp. 



Oidiiim Stamm I Gentzsch, tJber patliogene Sprosspilze bei Diabetes, Inaug. 

 Diss. Med. Fak. Univ. Jena, 30 pp., 1908. 



Isolated from urine of a diabetic, drawn from the bladder under sterile 

 conditions. Pathogenic for rabbits and mice. 



Fig. 47. — Candida (Geotnchoides Langeron & Talice). I, irregular blastospores ; 8, giant 

 blastospores ; 5, clavate tips ; i. Inverted clavate tips ; 5, chains of arthrospores : 6, typical bits 

 of mycelium ; 7, sinuous hyphae ; 8, pyrif orm blastospores ; 9, hyphae with, verticils of blasto- 

 spores. (After Langeron & Talice 1932.) 



Yeast cells spherical or ovoid, occasionally some filaments seen in old 

 cultures. 



On agar, colonies white, confluent, dull, the deeper ones somewhat yellow- 

 ish. On gelatin, colonies similar to agar but growth slower. On potato, 

 growth good, similar to that on agar. On alkaline broth and glucose broth, 



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