A Study of Monilia and Other Yeastlike Organisms Found in the Oral Cavity

Abstract

From the standpoint of botanical terminology the name Monilia should not be applied to the human pathogens since a group of sapro-phytic fungi are so called. However, usage has designated the term Monilia familiar to medical mycologists as a yeastlike organism devoid of ascospores, reproducing by budding, and under certain conditions developing mycelia (1, 2). The other organisms closely related to the Moniliae are Endomyces, Cryptococci and S&charomyces. The following chart illustrates the essential morphological points of difference between these organisms. Yeastlike fungi mycelia