Detection of extracellular phospholipase activity in Candida albicans and Rhodotorula rubra

Mycopathologia

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Mayser, Peter ^a   Laabs, Silke ^a   Heuer, Kai Uwe ^a   Gründer, Karl ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; phospholipases; Rhodotorula rubra; virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 0030425237     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00632336     Document Type: Article

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