chromagar- detection of various Candida spp.
Use of CHROM agar for Fungal Infections Laboratory Diagnosis
Principle:- CHROM agar contains enzymatic substrates that are linked to chromogenic compounds. When specific enzymes cleave the substrates, the chromogenic subtrates produce color. The different species gives different color. Best suited for C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. dubliniensis, C. krusei and Trichosporon spp.

C. albicans gives light green color.

C. dubliniensis gives dark-green color.

C. tropicalis gives blue to blue-gray color with a paler pink edge.

C. krusei gives pink colony with a pale-pink to white edge.

Trichosporon spp. gives blue-green colony

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