The value of cellular fatty acid analysis in the identification of oral yeasts

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 381-387

  Blignaut, Elaine ^a   Senekal, Rene ^a   Kock, Johan L F ^b   Botha, Alfie ^b   Van Der Westhuizen, Jakobus P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Fatty acid; Oral yeasts; Yeast species

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA GUILLIERMONDII; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ENDOMYCETALES; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA BOIDINII; CANDIDA CATENULATA; CANDIDA FABIANII; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; CHAETOTHYRIALES; CLAVISPORA LUSITANIAE; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS; PICHIA ANOMALA; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES EXIGUUS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

EID: 0029909094     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80066-X     Document Type: Article

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