Variation in assimilating functions occurs in spontaneous Candida albicans mutants having chromosomal alterations.

doi:10.1099/00221287-143-5-1765

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Variation in assimilating functions occurs in spontaneous Candida albicans mutants having chromosomal alterations.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 1997

Rustchenko E P, Howard D H, Sherman F

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In this study, four clinical isolates and over 100 colony morphology mutants, previously derived spontaneously from strain 3153A during growth on glucose medium, were examined for their utilization of 21 carbon and 3 nitrogen sources at various growth temperatures. The results demonstrated extens...

Topics

Amino Acids
Candida albicans
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Carbon
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosomes, Fungal
Culture Media
Energy Metabolism
Genes, Fungal
Genetic Heterogeneity
Genotype
Mutation
Nitrogen
Phenotype
Temperature

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