Candida tropicalis

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Proper noun

Candida tropicalis f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Debaryomycetaceae – a yeast fungus that often causes disease in neutropenic hosts.
   • 2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Both new studies found microbes that appeared to be associated with worse outcomes from cancer. For example, Dr. Iliev and his colleagues found that people were more likely to die of stomach cancer if their tumors contained a species of fungus called Candida tropicalis.

References

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