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

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Liliane Alves Scheid²  Débora Alves Nunes Mario²  Paulo Guilherme Markus Lopes²  Érico De Loreto¹  Carlos Eduardo Blanco Linares¹  Janio Morais Santurio¹  Sydney Hartz Alves² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Pharmaceutical Sciences Post-Graduate Program Santa Maria RS

关键词: Candida albicans;    Candida dubliniensis;    Phospholipase activity;    Candida albicans;    Candida dubliniensis;    Atividade de fosfolipase;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822010000200020

来源: SciELO

【 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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