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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Santurio, Janio Morais¹  Lopes, Paulo Guilherme Markus¹  Universidade Regional do Alto Uruguai, Santa Maria¹  Scheid, Liliane Alves¹  Alves, Sydney Hartz¹  Loreto, Érico de¹  Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria¹  Mario, Débora Alves Nunes¹  Linares, Carlos Eduardo Blanco¹ 

关键词: Candida albicans;    Candida dubliniensis;    Phospholipase activity;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822010000200020

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

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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