Zinc limitation induces a hyper-adherent Goliath phenotype in Candida albicans

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Malavia, Dhara ^a   Lehtovirta Morley, Laura E ^a,b   Alamir, Omran ^a   Weiß, Elisabeth ^c   Gow, Neil A R ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^c,d,e   Wilson, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Candida albicans; Fungal pathogen; Micronutrients; Morphogenesis; Morphology; Nutritional immunity; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL ADHESION ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL ENLARGEMENT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GOLIATH CELL PHENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRA1 GENE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85033798588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02238     Document Type: Article

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