Saccharomyces cerevisiae virulence phenotype as determined with CD-1 mice is associated with the ability to grow at 42 degrees C and form pseudohyphae.

doi:10.1128/iai.62.12.5447-5455.1994

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae virulence phenotype as determined with CD-1 mice is associated with the ability to grow at 42 degrees C and form pseudohyphae.

Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 1994

McCusker J H, Clemons K V, Stevens D A, Davis R W

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolates have been shown previously to exhibit a high degree of variation in their ability to proliferate and persist in CD-1 mice (K.V. Clemons, J.H. McCusker, R. W. Davis, and D.A. Stevens, J. Infect. Dis. 169:859-867, 1994). Isolate origin was not a firm predictor of v...

Topics

Animals
Caseins
Cell Division
Gelatin
Hot Temperature
Mice
Morphogenesis
Phenotype
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Virulence

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