Acetaldehyde inhibits the yeast-to-hypha conversion and biofilm formation in Candida albicans

Mycoscience

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 356-360

  Chauhan, Nitin M ^a   Raut, Jayant S ^a   Karuppayil, S Mohan ^a  

^a SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Candida biofilm; Dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 80052767374     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-011-0110-y     Document Type: Article

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