Relation between cell wall chitin content and susceptibility to amphotericin B in Kluyveromyces, Candida and Schizosaccharomyces species

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Bahmed, Karim ^a   Bonaly, Roger ^a   Coulon, Joël ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

AmB resistance; Cell wall chitin; Yeast

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CHITIN; GLUCAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; KLUYVEROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0037386548     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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