germ tube test

germ tube test
(for Candida albicans) an inoculum of Candida is incubated in serum for 2 to 3 hours at 37°C; formation of germ tubes is a positive result.

Positive germ tube test; a true germ tube, as here, lacks a constriction at its base.


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