Respiration of Candida albicans in Relation to its Morphogenesis

The relationship between the cellular forms and respiratoryactivity of the dimorphic fungus Candida albicans was examinedusing a synthetic medium that supported growth of the yeastform at 25?C or of the mycelial form at 37?C. The results agreedwith the view that the repression of respiratory activity isnot an essential event in the course of yeast-mycelium conversion.Also, most of the respiration in both cellular forms was sensitiveto cyanide immediately after harvesting. The respiration ofyeast cells, however, became resistant to cyanide when the cellswere kept in a resting state. (Received June 13, 1981; Accepted March 30, 1982)