Evaluation of the Tween 80 opacity test for detection of the lipolytic activity of various Candida species and its utility in differentiation of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis;Çeşitli Candida türlerinin lipolitik aktivitelerenin saptanmasinda Tween 80 opaklaşma testinin deǧerlendirilmesi ve C. albicans ile C. dubliniensis ayirimiνdaki yeri

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Dolapçi, Iştar ^a   Tekeli, Alper ^a   Arikan, Sevtap ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida spp.; Esterase; Lipolytic activity

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; POLYSORBATE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; OROPHARYNX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VAGINA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESTERASES; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; LIPOLYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNX; POLYSORBATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGINA;

EID: 23844489502     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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