The temperature profile of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans.

A strain of Candida albicans was found to have an associative temperature profile with respect to growth, thermal death and yield on glucose. The ARRHENIUS plot of sustained exponential growth displayed two branches in the supraoptimal temperature range with the optimum temperature for growth around 33 degrees C, the final maximum temperature for growth around 38 degrees C and the initial maximum temperature for growth around 42 degrees C. The yield on glucose was temperature dependent in the supraoptimal range and declined linearly to zero between the optimum and the initial maximum temperature for growth.