Exopolysaccharide analysis of biofilm-forming Candida albicans

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-136

  Lal, P ^a   Sharma, D ^a   Pruthi, P ^b   Pruthi, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Candida albicans; Exopolysaccharide; Fourier transform infrared; Infected intrauterine device; Nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; METABOLITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YEAST;

ALBICANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL STRAINS; D-GLUCOSE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FORMING ABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; INFECTED INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; INTRA-UTERINE DEVICES; N ACETYLS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; RHAMNOSE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 77953571899     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04634.x     Document Type: Article

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