Year
1985
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Biology
Recommended Citation
Crozier, William James, The numerical taxonomy of pathogenic species of candida, Master of Science thesis, Department of Biology, University of Wollongong, 1985. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/2618
Abstract
One hundred and eighty-one isolates of Candida comprising C, albicans ( 58.6 ), C> parapsilosis ( 25.2 % ), C. tropicalis ( 10.5 % )» C. krusei ( 4.4 % )» C. guilliermondii ( 2.2 % ), C. pseudotropicalis ( 0.6 % ) and C. ravauttii ( 0.6 fe ), were examined for 26 physiological characteristics. The characters obtained were subjected to 5 different clustering analyses ( MULTBET, MÜLCLAS using " incremental sum of squares " fusion strategy and MULCLAS using " group average " fusion strategy ).
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.