This genus is an ascomycetous yeast. See also the detailed description page for this genus.

Mycotorula is an obsolete synonym of this genus
Torulopsis is an obsolete synonym of this genus

The genus name Candida is technically nom. cons. (nomen conservandum). Even though the type species for this genus was described after the genus Torulopsis was created, Dr. Rhoda Benham proposed that the widespread name Candida take precedence lest major confusion subsequently ensue.

Candida aaseri
Candida albicans
C. claussenii is an obsolete synonym of this species.
C. langeroni is an obsolete synonym of this species.
C. stellatoidea is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Monilia albicans is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida amapae
Candida anatomiae
Candida ancudensis
Candida antillancae
Candida apicola
Candida apis
Candida atlantica
Candida atmosphaerica
Candida auringiensis
Candida austromarina
Candida azyma
Candida beechii
Candida bertae
Candida berthetii
Candida blankii
C. hydrocarbofumarica is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida boidinii
Candida boleticola
Candida bombi
Candida bombicola
Candida buinensis
Candida butyri
Candida cantarellii
Candida caseinolytica
Candida castellani (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. krusei
Candida castellii
Candida castrensis
Candida catenulata
Candida chilensis
Candida chiropterorum
Candida chodatii
Hyphopichia burtonii is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida ciferrii
Sporothrix catenata is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Stephanoascus ciferrii is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida claussenii (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. albicans
Candida coipomoensis
Candida conglobata
Candida cylindracea
Candida dendrica
Candida dendronema
Candida deserticola
Pichia deserticola is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida diddensiae
Candida diversa
Candida drimydis
Candida dubliniensis
Candida edax
Candida entomophila
Candida ergastensis
Candida ernobii
Candida ethanolica
Candida euphorbiae
Pichia euphorbiae is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida euphorbiiphila
Pichia euphorbiiphila is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida fabianii
Pichia fabianii is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida famata
Notes: The variety flareri was made by Nakase & Suzuki in 1985. This automatically created var. famata to refer to the original species.

Torulopsis candida is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida famata var. famata
Candida famata var. flareri
Candida fennica
Candida fermenticarens
Candida fibrae (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Hyphopichia burtonii
Candida firmetaria
This species is a synonym of the obsolete species C. lambica
Candida floricola
Candida fluviatilis
Candida freyschussii
Candida friedrichii
Candida fructus
Candida galacta
Candida geochares
Candida glabrata
Notes: The yeast known as Torulopsis glabrata was not orginally included in the genus Candida because it neither developed pseudohyphae nor true hyphae. Pseudohyphae and true hyphae have been traditional characteristics used by yeast taxonomists to help classify yeasts. Specifically, the genus Torulopsis was defined to include yeast that lacked pseudohyphae whereas Candida species were defined to produce them. However, induction of pseudohyphae sometimes requires special efforts: for example, C. guilliermondii do not routinely produced pseudohyphae unless they are grown on a medium such as yeast morphology agar. However, even on special media T. glabrata never produced pseudohyphae.

Thus, this species was long held to belong to the genus Torulopsis. However, the application of various molecular approaches for classifying yeasts and the fact that the presence of morphological characters like pseudohyphae can be highly variable, it was later concluded that the presence or absence of pseudohyphae was not a sound character to separate the genera Torulopsis and Candida. As a result of this conclusion, T. glabrata was transferred to the genus Candida as C. glabrata.

Cryptococcus glabratus is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Torulopsis glabrata is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Torulopsis stercoralis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida glaebosa
Candida glucosophila
Candida gropengiesseri
Candida guilliermondii
Notes: This species has two varieties, var. guilliermondii and var. membranaefaciens. Although associated with different teleomorphs, commercial identification systems do not usually separate these two anamorphic varieties.

C. melibiosi is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Trichosporon appendiculare is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii
Pichia guilliermondii is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida guilliermondii var. membranaefaciens
Pichia ohmeri is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida haemulonii
Torulopsis haemulonii is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida homilentoma
Candida humicola (obsolete)
Notes: See note at Cryptococcus humicolus

This obsolete species is a synonym of Cryptococcus humicolus
Candida humilis
Candida hydrocarbofumarica (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. blankii
Candida incommunis
Candida inconspicua
Candida insectalens
Candida insectamans
Candida insectorum
Candida intermedia
Candida ishiwadae
Candida javanica (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Pichia anomala
Candida karawaiewii
Candida kefyr
C. pseudotropicalis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Kluyveromyces marxianus is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida krissii
Candida kruisii
Candida krusei
C. castellani is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Issatchenkia orientalis is a teleomorph of this species.
Saccharomyces krusei is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida lactis-condensi
Candida lambica (obsolete)
C. firmetaria is a synonym of this obsolete species.
Pichia fermentans is a teleomorph of this obsolete species.
Candida langeroni (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. albicans
Candida laureliae
Candida lipolytica
C. paralipolytica is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Yarrowia lipolytica is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida llanquihuensis
Candida lodderae
Candida lusitaniae
C. parapsilosis var. obtusa is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Clavispora lusitaniae is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida lyxosophila
Candida magnoliae
Candida maltosa
Candida maris
Candida maritima
Candida melibiosi (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. guilliermondii
Candida melibiosica
Candida membranifaciens
Candida mesenterica
Candida methanosorbosa
Candida milleri
Candida mogii
Candida montana
Candida multigemmis
Candida musae
Candida naeodendra
Candida natalensis
Candida nemodendra
Candida norvegensis
Pichia norvegensis is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida norvegica
Candida odintsovae
Candida oleophila
Candida oregonensis
Candida ovalis
Candida palmioleophila
Candida paludigena
Candida paralipolytica (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. lipolytica
Candida parapsilosis
Monilia parapsilosis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida parapsilosis var. obtusa (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. lusitaniae
Candida pararugosa
Candida paratropicalis (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. tropicalis
Candida pelliculosa
Pichia anomala is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida peltata
Candida petrohuensis
Candida pignaliae
Candida pini
Candida populi
Candida pseudointermedia
Candida pseudolambica
Candida pseudotropicalis (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. kefyr
Candida psychrophila
Candida pulcherrima
Candida quercitrusa
Candida quercuum
Candida railenensis
Candida reukaufii
Candida rhagii
Candida robusta
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a teleomorph of this species.
Candida rugopelliculosa
Candida rugosa
Monilia rugosa is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida saitoana
Candida sake
Candida salida
Candida salmanticensis
Candida santamariae
Candida santjacobensis
Candida savonica
Candida schatavii
Candida sequanensis
Candida shehatae
Candida shehatae var. Insectosa
Candida shehatae var. lignosa
Candida shehatae var. shehatae
Candida silvae
Candida silvanorum
Candida silvatica
Candida silvicultrix
Candida solani
Candida sonorensis
Candida sophiae-reginae
Candida sorbophila
Candida sorbosa
Candida sorboxylosa
Candida spandovensis
Candida stellata
Candida stellatoidea (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. albicans
Candida succiphila
Candida suecica
Candida tanzawaensis
Candida tapae
Candida techellsii
Candida tenuis
Candida torresii
Candida tropicalis
C. paratropicalis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
C. vulgaris is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Monilia tropicalis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Candida tsuchiyae
Candida utilis
Pichia jadinii is a synonym of this species.
Candida vaccinii
Candida valdiviana
Candida valida
Candida vanderwaltii
Candida variabilis (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Hyphopichia burtonii
Candida vartiovaarae
Candida versatilis
Candida vinaria (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. zeylanoides
Candida vini
Candida viswanathii
Candida vulgaris (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. tropicalis
Candida wickerhamii
Candida xestobii
Candida zeylanoides
C. vinaria is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Monilia zeylanoides is an obsolete synonym of this species.

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