Germ Tube Formation Changes Surface Hydrophobicity of Candida Cells

• Egile Nagusiak: A. G. Rodrigues (Egilea), P.-A. Mårdh (Egilea), C. Pina-Vaz (Egilea), J. Martinez- (Egilea), A. F. Fonseca (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Hindawi Limited, 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hydrophobic interaction is generally considered to play an important role in the adherence of microorganisms to eukaryotic cells and also to certain inert surfaces. Using a microbe adhesion assay to hydrocarbons (n-hexadecane), 68 strains of Candida albicans and 30 non-albicans strains were studied....