Candida glabrata displays pseudohyphal growth

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-120

  Csank, Csilla ^a   Haynes, Ken ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candida torulopsis; Filamentous growth; Hypha; Nitrogen starvation; Pseudohypha

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MYCELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; NITROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA GLABRATA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TORULOPSIS;

EID: 0034256038     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00241-X     Document Type: Article

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