The invention concerns a culture and identification medium specific of yeasts
comprising a chromogenous or fluorigenous substrate, capable of being hydrolyzed
by an enzyme of the hexosaminidase and optionally glucosidase group, and/or at
least a compound selectively inhibiting the hexosaminidase activity of C. tropicalis,
and a method for selectively identifying C. albicans and/or C. tropicalis
and/or other Candida, using such a medium. The invention is particularly
applicable in the biomedical field and more particularly in bacteriology.