| Strain number:
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IHEM 10285
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| Species name: |
Candida tropicalis (Castellani) Berkhout |
| Synonym names:
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Candida paratropicalis Baker, Salkin, Pincus & D'Amato |
| Type of organism: |
Yeast |
| Pathogen class: |
H2 |
| Acronyms: |
VKM Y-1464, NRRL Y-607, MUCL 29893, JCM 1541, IFO 1070, CCRC 20520, CBS 94, ATCC 750 |
| Status: |
type strain of Candida tropicalis (Castellani) Berkhout |
| Original substratum: |
human |
| Pathogenicity (underlying disease): |
bronchomycosis |
| History: |
1909, A. Castellani -> ATCC -> 1997, IHEM |
| Applications: |
utilizes phenol, catechol and 3- and 4-methylcatechols as sole carbon source (J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 19:171-187, 1973); esterase activity (J. Clin. Microbiol. 8 : 756-759, 1978); control strain for typing systems (J. Clin. Microbiol., 31, 2021-2030, 1993); antifungal susceptibility testing (J. Clin. Microbiol. 32: 1625-1628 and 1650-1653, 1994); produces ethanol from D-xylose (Biotechnology 3: 59-62, 1985); transformation host (J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 335-342, 1993; Yeast 8 :1065-1075, 1992) |
| Literature: |
M Thanos, G Schonian, W Meyer, C Schweynoch, Y Graser, T G Mitchell, W Presber, and H J Tietz, J Clin Microbiol 34 (1996), 615-621
Br Med J 2 (1910), 868-869
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| Genbank: |
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