Starch Reaction as Aid in Identification of Causative Agent of "European Blastomycosis."
- 1 May 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 62 (1) , 71-72
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-62-15377
Abstract
A non-fermenting yeast may be classified as Torulopis neoformans if it produces extracellular starch on the medium described below and grows well between 37[degree] and 40[degree]C. Yeasts isolated from cases suspected of blastomycosis are transferred to a synthetic medium composed as follows: (NH4)2SO4 0.1%, MgSO4 0.05%, KH2PO4 0.1%, glucose 1%, thiamin 0.2 mcg. per ml., agar 2.5%. After several days of incubation the plate is flooded with Lugol''s iodine soln. In positive cases the whole streak of growth turns blue.Keywords
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