Effect of alcohols on filamentation, growth, viability and biofilm development in Candida albicans

In this study we report the potential of alcohols as morphogenetic regulators in Candida albicans. All the alcohols tested influenced various modes of growth like planktonic as well as biofilm forms. Viability was affected at high concentrations. Among the alcohols, the response of C. albicans to am...

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Main Authors: Nitin M Chauhan, Ravikumar B Shinde, S. Mohan Karuppayil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2013-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000400041&lng=en&tlng=en