DNA relatedness, karyotyping and gene probing of Candida tropicalis, Candida albicans and its synonyms Candida stellatoidea and Candida claussenii.

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DNA relatedness, karyotyping and gene probing of Candida tropicalis, Candida albicans and its synonyms Candida stellatoidea and Candida claussenii.

European journal of epidemiology - 1 May 1992

Mahrous M, Sawant A D, Pruitt W R, Lott T, Meyer S A, Ahearn D G

Abstract excerpt

Isolates of Candida albicans with varied phenotypes, including sucrose-negative variants (C. stellatoidea, serotypes A and B) and avirulent germ tube-negative forms (C. claussenii) showed significant (greater than 90%) DNA relatedness to classical C. albicans, but insignificant relatedness to C....

Topics

Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
Candida
Candida albicans
DNA Probes
DNA, Fungal
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Karyotyping
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype

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