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Growth of opportunistic yeasts on vitamin-free solid medium
V Vidotto1, M Bruatto, S Caramello
1Istituto Malattie Infettive dell'Università agli Studi di Torino, Italy.
Microbiologica
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
The growth of some opportunistic yeasts (Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Torulopsis glabrata, Rhodotorula rubra, Geotrichum candidum, Trichosporon cutaneum, Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was essayed in a solid minimal synthetic medium without vitamins. From the preliminary results some species (Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Rhodotorula rubra, Geotrichum candidum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) seem to be autotrophic regarding the growth factor considered indispensable for their metabolism and for this reason normally added to the common synthetic media employed.