Candida dubliniensis does not show phospholipase activity: true or false?

Candida dubliniensis does not show phospholipase activity: true or false?

INTRODUCTION: The phospholipase activity in Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis isolated from oral candidiasis cases were studied. METHODS: The phospholipase activity was evaluated in egg yolk agar. RESULTS: All the C. albicans isolates (n = 48) showed phospholipase activity (mean Pz = 0.66). However, none of the C. dubliniensis isolates (n = 24) showed this activity. CONCLUSIONS: The authors discuss whether these findings are a true characteristic of C. dubliniensis or a consequence of the methodology employed, which includes the possibility that NaCl may have inhibited the enzymatic activity of C. dubliniensis.

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Main Authors: Scheid,Liliane Alves, Mario,Débora Alves Nunes, Lopes,Paulo Guilherme Markus, Loreto,Érico de, Linares,Carlos Eduardo Blanco, Santurio,Janio Morais, Alves,Sydney Hartz
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2010
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000200020
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