Candida albicans

Translingual

Proper noun

Candida albicans f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Saccharomycetaceae – a diploid asexual fungus (a form of yeast), the overgrowth of which results in candidiasis in immunocompromised patients.

Hypernyms

• (species): Serinales – order; Debaryomycetaceae – family; Candida – genus

References

• Candida albicans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Candida albicans on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Candida albicans on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Candida albicans at National Center for Biotechnology Information