Abstract
A differential test was made between genus Candida and genus Prototheca using a new and very simple differential test.
A total of 59 strains of Candida and 78 strains of Prototheca were used. The basis of the test was the differential use of a disc carrying 60 mcg of Rybostamicin to which all the Candida were resistant and the Prototheca inhibited.
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Casal, M., Gutierrez, J. Simple new test for presumptive differentiation between genus Candida and genus Prototheca . Mycopathologia 94, 3–5 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437254
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