Hyphal content determines the compression strength of Candida albicans biofilms

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1997-2003

  Paramonova, Ekaterina ^a   Krom, Bastiaan P ^a   van der Mei, Henry C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Sharma, Prashant K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL SURFACE; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN KINASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 67650759909     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.021568-0     Document Type: Article

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