Antibacterials can also affect the vaginal flora, and may lead to overgrowth of yeast species of the genus Candida in the vulvo-vaginal area.

While clearly attributable to the presence of the opportunistic pathogens of the genus Candida, candidiasis describes a number of different disease syndromes that often differ in their causes and outcomes.

The genus Candida and species C. albicans were described by botanist Christine Marie Berkhout in her doctoral thesis at the University of Utrecht in 1923.

Many slight variants have been discovered since then, including various alternative mitochondrial codes, and small variants such as translation of the codon UGA as tryptophan in Mycoplasma species, and translation of CUG as a serine rather than a leucine in some members of the genus Candida ( see the article on Candida albicans ).

Most were members of the Candida genus ; the most common species in honey stomachs was Dekkera intermedia and in flower nectaries, Candida blankii.

Yeasts of the Candida genus are another group of opportunistic pathogens that causes oral and vaginal infections in humans, known as candidiasis.

It is a dimorphic yeast of the genus Candida, very closely related to Candida albicans but forming a distinct phylogenetic cluster in DNA fingerprinting.

An unusual feature of the Candida genus is that in many of its species ( including C. albicans and C. tropicalis, but not, for instance, C. glabrata ) the CUG codon, which normally specifies leucine, specifies serine in these species.

Oral candidiasis ( also known as " thrush ") is an infection of yeast fungi of the genus Candida on the mucous membranes of the mouth.

The family includes a single genus, Ixiolirion, with four species distributed from Egypt to central Asia.

The genus Allium includes some of the most widely used edible plants, such as onion and shallot ( varieties of Allium cepa ), garlic ( A. sativum and A. scordoprasum ), leek ( Allium ampeloprasum var.

Wormwood, a genus that includes the sagebrush, is used as a source of flavoring for absinthe, a bitter classical liquor of European origin.

The bongo belongs to the genus Tragelaphus, which includes the sitatunga ( Tragelaphus spekeii ), the nyala ( Tragelaphus angasii ), the bushbuck ( Tragelaphus scriptus ), the mountain nyala ( Tragelaphus buxtoni ), the Lesser Kudu ( Tragelaphus imberbis ) and the greater kudu ( Tragelaphus strepsiceros ).

The Bacillus-specific study with the most diversity covered is by Xu and Cote ' using 16S and the ITS region, where they divide the genus into 10 groups, which includes the nested genera Paenibacillus, Brevibacillus, Geobacillus, Marinibacillus and Virgibacillus.

It is a member of the subgenus Rhinella of the genus Bufo, which includes many different true toad species found throughout Central and South America.

Chipmunks may be classified either as a single genus, Tamias, or as three genera: Tamias, which includes the eastern chipmunk ; Eutamias, which includes the Siberian chipmunk ; and Neotamias, which includes the 23 remaining, mostly western, species.

This genus includes the species bovine stool associated circular virus and chimpanzee stool associated circular virus.

The order also includes some edible fruits, including kiwi fruit ( Actinidia deliciosa ), persimmon ( genus Diospyros ), blueberry, huckleberry and cranberry, Brazil nut, and Mamey sapote.

* Order Perissodactyla ( In addition to Equidae, Perissodactyla includes four species of tapir in a single genus, as well as five living species ( belonging to four genera ) of rhinoceros.

# a genus ( or family ): A pre-defined term that includes the species defined as a subtype.

The genus includes annual or short-lived herbaceous perennial plants, and suffruticose perennials, subshrubs or small shrubs.

The family also includes Vanilla ( the genus of the vanilla plant ), Orchis ( type genus ), and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya.

The genus includes the widespread common pawpaw Asimina triloba, which bears the largest edible fruit indigenous to the continent.

Loris is one genus in this subfamily and includes the slender lorises, while Nycticebus is the genus for the slow lorises.

This genus includes the largest extant mosquitoes, the larvae of which prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes.

Cannabis (; Cán-na-bis ) is a genus of flowering plants that includes three putative varieties, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis.

The genus is native to the Northern Hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cool temperate to tropical latitudes in Asia and the Americas.

Implicitly it includes a system for naming genera, since the first part of the name of the species is a genus name.

The genus Allium, which includes onions and garlic as well as shallots, is now classified in the plant family Amaryllidaceae, but was formerly considered to belong to the separate family Alliaceae.

That genus contains about four to seven subgenera.

Albertosaurus (; meaning " Alberta lizard ") is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70 million years ago.

The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone.

Aloe, also Aloë, is a genus containing about 500 species of flowering succulent plants.

* Prickly Ash ( Zanthoxylum ), genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae

* Sorbus, genus of about 100 – 200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae

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Nepeta is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.

Aquilegia ( Columbine ) is a genus of about 60-70 species of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers.

The chimpanzee's genus, Pan, diverged from the gorilla's genus about seven million years ago.

Digitalis ( or ) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials commonly called foxgloves.

For a time during the first half of the 20th century the entire genus Entamoeba was transferred to Endamoeba, a genus of amoebas infecting invertebrates about which little is known.

Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to the Vulpes genus of " true foxes ".

The evolutionary development of the Komodo dragon started with the Varanus genus, which originated in Asia about 40 million years ago and migrated to Australia.

There is considerable confusion about the best way to classify felids at present, and some authorities classify them as part of the genus Felis.

Clerodendrum was once a genus of over 400 species, but by 2010, it had been narrowed to about 150.

Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae.

The largest genus by far is Prunus ( plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds ) with about 430 species.

Stevia (, or ) is a genus of about 240 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae ), native to subtropical and tropical regions from western North America to South America.

Scorpions of the genus Scorpiops living in high Asian mountains, bothriurid scorpions from Patagonia and small Euscorpius scorpions from Central Europe can all survive winter temperatures of about.

Trillium ( trillium, wakerobin, tri flower, birthroot ) is a genus of about 40 – 50 species of spring ephemeral perennials, native to temperate regions of North America and Asia.

The word vanilla entered the English language in the 1754, when the botanist Philip Miller wrote about the genus in his Gardener ’ s Dictionary.