Evaluation of biofilm formation in the homozygous and heterozygous strains of vaginal Candida albicans isolates

• Main Authors: Keyvan Pakshir (Author), Sahar Sheykhi (Author), Kamiar Zomorodian (Author), Hasti Nouraei (Author), Zahra Zareshahrabadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Purpose: Candida albicans is one of the most opportunistic yeasts around the world. This species has two heterozygous and homozygous strains at hyphal wall protein 1 (hwp1) gene locus. A simple method for the discrimination of these two strains is the amplification of HWP1 gene. Regar...