API Candida is the API gallery available for eukaryotes, mainly for yeasts of clinical interest.

Necessary material

Active culture of the strain (Petri dish or slant).

Methodology

Manufacturer's recommendations are followed to characterize bacterial and yeast strains using the API and bioMérieux ID 32 miniaturized systems.

The report provided by CECT contains the biochemical profile obtained and the result generated by comparing the profile with those in the bioMérieux database.

Note: as in any other identification system some isolates give inconclusive results, which appear in the report as low discrimination, unreliable identification, questionable or unacceptable profile.