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. 2008 Aug 13;46(10):3237–3242. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01451-08

TABLE 2.

Percentage of the clinical and environmental isolates of P. guilliermondii, P. caribbica, and D. hansenii forming pseudohyphae and exhibiting growth in the presence of discriminatory carbon sourcesa

Carbon source % Species
P. guilliermondii (n = 33) P. caribbica (n = 18) D. hansenii (n = 3)
Cycloheximide (0.01%) 97 94 0
dl-Lactate 0 0 100
d-Xylose 100 100 66
Ribose 6 33 33
Ramnose 9 22 66
Erythritol 0 0 66
Melibiose 74 22 0
Glucuronate 0 0 66
Gluconate 0 0 33
Lactose 3 0 66
Sorbose 94 100 100
Esculine 91 89 66
Pseudohyphae 83 94 0
a

n, Number of isolates.