Abstract
Samples collected in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, revealed the presence of a psychrophilic yeast, tentatively identified as a strain of Candida albicans. The yeast is saprophytic on dead animal tissues and exhibits a pale yellow colour when growing in the cave. In vitro, the yeast grows poorly at 37°C. and well at 130 and 200, but loses its pigmentation. It is non-pathogenic in rabbits but appears to show low-grade parasitism in frogs.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.2.4.12
Recommended Citation
Brashear, David; Ralph F. Wiseman; and Thomas C. Barr Jr..
1966.
A psychrophilic yeast from Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
International Journal of Speleology,
2: 403-404.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol2/iss4/12
