Yeasts

Question

A yeast identification system gave a biotype number for an unknown isolate that did not differentiate between Candida tropicalis and Candida parapsilosis. This isolate could be identified as C. parapsilosis in a cornmeal agar preparation if it produced:

Please select the single best answer

Chlamdospores

Dense clusters of blastoconidia regularly along the pseudohyphae

Blastoconidia with a "logs in stream" pattern

Satelliting "cross match stick" or "sage brush" colonies

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