FIG 1.
Appearance of Candida auris and comparator species on CandiSelect (CS) (A), Chromatic Candida (CC) (B), CHROMagar Candida (CAC) (C), CHROMagar Candida Plus (CCP) (D), and HiCrome C. auris MDR selective agar (HAMA) (E). Two microliters of aqueous suspension of each organism was spotted onto each medium. Plates were incubated at 35°C (CS, CAC, CC, CCP) and 42°C (HAMA) for 48 h. Tested yeast species were as follows: (1) Pichia kudriavzevii CBS2050 (syn. Candia krusei), (2) Clavispora opuntiae CBS11046, (3) Clavispora opuntiae CBS11164, (4) Candida sharkiensis CBS11368, (5) Candida kutaonensis CBS11388, (6) Candida citri CBS11858, (7) Candida ecuadorensis CBS12653, (8) Candida phyllophila CBS12671, (9) Candida vitiphila CBS12672, (10) Clavispora lusitaniae CBS5094, (11) Clavispora lusitaniae CBS4870, (12) Clavispora lusitaniae CBS11356, (13) Clavispora lusitaniae CBS5901, (14) Clavispora lusitaniae CBS1944, (15) Clavispora lusitaniae CBS2866, (16) Candida intermedia CBS2291, (17) Candida intermedia CBS5311, (18) Candida pseudointermedia CBS6918, (19) Candida pseudointermedia CBS2879, (20) Clavispora fructus CBS6380, (21) Candida akabanensis CBS5039, (22) Candida akabanensis CBS7878, (23) Candida pseudoflosculorum CBS8584, (24) Candida duobushaemulonii CBS7800, (25) Candida duobushaemulonii CBS7799, (26) Candida duobushaemulonii CBS7098, (27) Candida haemulonii CBS6590, (28) Candida haemulonii MC153, (29) Candida haemulonii CBS12371, (30) Candida haemulonii var. vulnera CDC-AR0391, (31) Candida haemulonii var. vulnera CBS6332, (32) Candida haemulonii var. vulnera CBS12438, (33) Candida auris CDC-AR0383 (clade III), (34) Candida auris CDC-AR0384 (clade III), (35) Candida auris CDC-AR0385 (clade IV), (36) Candida auris CDC-AR0386 (clade IV), (37) Candida auris CDC-AR0387 (clade I), (38) Candida auris CDC-AR0388 (clade I), (39) Candida auris CBS10913 (clade II), (40) Candida auris CBS12373 (clade II), (41) Candida auris CDC-AR1097 (potential clade V), (42) Candida vulturna CBS14366, (43) Candida vulturna CBS15630, (44) Candida pseudohaemulonii CBS 10004, (45) Candida pseudohaemulonii CBS12370, (46) Candida albicans CBS562, (47) Candida dubliniensis CBS7987, (48) Nakaseomyces glabrata (syn. Candida glabrata) CBS138, and (49) Candida tropicalis CBS94.