Candida zeylanoides caused candidiasis as tinea cruris in 4 cases.
Candida zeylanoides were characterized by good growth of the strain in malt medium, potato dextrose agar and Sabourard's agar. Their colony was milky white and greasy with smooth surface. The diameter of the colony reaches 12 mm within a week. As candida type pseudohyphae but not hyphae, they do not produce ascospore and bolospore. Carbon sources fermentation showed positive results. Nitrogen sources assimilation agar (KNO
3) negative, arbutin agar negative, nonvitamin medium positive. G+C mol
作者：Liao Wan-qing；Li Zhi-gang；Guo Ming；Zhang Ji-zhong
来源：CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL 1993 年 106卷 7期
