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192<br />

Descriptions of Medical Fungi<br />

Torulaspora delbrueckii (Lindner) Lindner<br />

Synonymy: Candida colliculosa (Hartmann) S.A. Meyer & Yarrow.<br />

Torulaspora delbrueckii is a rare cause of candidaemia.<br />

RG-1 organism.<br />

Culture: Colonies (SDA) white to cream-coloured smooth, glabrous, yeast-like.<br />

Microscopy: Spherical to ellipsoidal budding blastoconidia, 2-6 x 3-7 µm in size.<br />

Ascospores may be produced on 5% malt extract or cornmeal agar after 5-30 days at<br />

25 O C.<br />

India Ink Preparation: Negative - no capsules present.<br />

Dalmau Plate Culture: Budding yeast cells only. No pseudohyphae or true hyphae<br />

produced.<br />

Molecular Identification: ITS sequencing recommended.<br />

MALDI-T<strong>OF</strong> MS: Able to accurately identify this species.<br />

Physiological Tests: + Positive, - Negative, v Variable, w Weak, s Slow<br />

Germ Tube - L-Sorbose v L-Arabinose - D-Glucitol v<br />

Fermentation Sucrose v D-Arabinose - α-M-D-glucoside v<br />

Glucose + Maltose v D-Ribose - D-Gluconate v<br />

Galactose v Cellobiose - L-Rhamnose - DL-Lactate v<br />

Sucrose v Trehalose -,s D-Glucosamine - myo-Inositol -<br />

Maltose v Lactose - N-A-D-glucosamine - 2-K-D-gluconate +<br />

Lactose - Melibiose - Glycerol v D-Glucuronate v<br />

Trehalose v Raffinose v Erythritol - Nitrate -<br />

Assimilation Melezitose v Ribitol v Urease -<br />

Glucose + Soluble Starch - Galactitol - 0.1% Cycloheximide -<br />

Galactose v D-Xylose v D-Mannitol + Growth at 37 O C v<br />

Key Features: asci containing one to four spheroidal ascospores, strong growth at<br />

37 O C and a variable sugar assimilation profile.<br />

Antifungal Susceptibility: T. delbrueckii very limited data (Australian National<br />

data); MIC µg/mL.<br />

No. 64<br />

AmB 2 2<br />

FLU 2 2<br />

VORI 2 1 1<br />

POSA 2 1 1<br />

ITRA 2 2<br />

CAS 1 1<br />

5FC 2 2

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