HiCrome™ Candida Differential Agar Base

It is a selective and differential medium where results are obtained within 48 hours and it is useful for the rapid and presumptive identification of common yeasts in Mycology and Clinical Microbiology Laboratory. C.albicans appear as light green coloured smooth colonies, C.tropicalis appear as blue to metallic blue coloured raised colonies. C.glabrata, C.kefyr, C.parapsilosis colonies appear as cream to white, beige/yellow due to natural pigmentation and some alkaline phosphatase activity, while C.krusei appear as pink-purple, fuzzy, dry colonies.