CHROMagar Candida medium as a practical tool for the differentiation and presumptive identification of yeast species isolated from salads

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 189-200

  Tornai Lehoczki, Judit ^a   Péter, Gábor ^a   Dlauchy, Dénes ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

CHROMagar Candida medium; Presumptive identification of yeast; Yeast differentiation; Yeast isolation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SURFACE PROPERTY; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 0041843604     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(03)00256-3     Document Type: Article

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