Cellular surface hydrophobicity as an additional phenotypic criterion applied to differentiate strains of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-131

  Blanco, María Teresa ^a   Sacristán, Beatriz ^a   Beteta, Alicia ^a   Fernández Calderón, María Coronada ^a   Hurtado, Cipriano ^a   Pérez Giraldo, Ciro ^a   Gómez García, Antonio Cándido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C. albicans; C. dubliniensis; Cellular surface hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 36849080348     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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