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1. Gastric Colonization of Candida albicans Differs in Mice Fed Commercial and Purified Diets
...produce persistent colonization by Candida albicans in the gastrointestinal tract of adult...diet influences the colonization of C. albicans and tested the hypothesis. BALB/c mice...ingredients were inoculated i.g. with C. albicans (5 10^sup 7^ cells). Gastrointestinal...
January 1, 2005; The Journal of Nutrition

2. Preparation of anti-Candida albicans antibodies in an egg-laying hen and their protective efficacy in mice.(Clinical report)
...and the emergence of resistant Candida albicans strains indicate the need for novel therapeutic...were to prepare antibodies against C albicans in an egg-laying hen and evaluate the...in preventing the dissemination of C albicans in BALB/c mice. An egg-laying hen was...
March 1, 2006; Journal of Applied Research

3. Chromosome Loss Followed by Duplication Is the Major Mechanism of Spontaneous Mating-Type Locus Homozygosis in Candida albicans
ABSTRACT Candida albicans, which is diploid, possesses a single...heterozygous (a/α). To mate, C. albicans must undergo MTL homozygosis to a/a...homozygotes in natural strains of C. albicans in culture. IN haploid Saccharomyces...
April 1, 2005; Genetics

4. Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis: comparison of biofilm formation in terms of biomass and activity
ABSTRACT Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis are two species...represents the most common form of C. albicans in the oral cavity and is considered...dubliniensis was compared with that of C. albicans in terms of biomass (quantified using...
January 1, 2006; British Journal of Biomedical Science

5. Diminished repertoire cripples fungus. (Candida albicans must change its shape to cause disease)(Brief Article)
...in several forms, the fungus Candida albicans may exploit this versatility to cause...sick, recent research shows. Although C. albicans produces disease in humans more frequently...keep the microorganism in check. Yet C. albicans can induce a range of symptoms and even...
September 13, 1997; Science News

6. Signaling through protein kinases and transcriptional regulators in Candida albicans
ABSTRACT: The human fungal pathogen Candida albicans switches from a budding yeast form to...environment. I. INTRODUCTION Candida albicans is the most prevalent opportunistic fungal...associated with the virulence properties of C. albicans, such as host recognition biomolecules...
August 1, 2003; Critical Reviews in Microbiology

7. Prevalence of biotypes & sertypes of Candida albicans among clinical isolates
A total of 52 isolates of C. albicans from various clinical specimens was...hyperimmune serum raised against C. albicans serotype A. All the 52 strains were...observed. Characterization of C. albicans strains by a combination of these...
February 1, 1999; Indian Journal of Medical Research

8. Frequency and distribution of group I intron genotypes of Candida albicans colonising critically ill patients
...25S rRNA intron genotypes of Candida albicans isolated from different anatomical sites...genotypes present. This suggests that C. albicans intron genotypes equally colonise those...or endogenous) and mode of entry of C. albicans into patients in the ICU setting, resulting...
January 1, 2005; British Journal of Biomedical Science

9. Optimisation of Candida albicans typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
Abstract: Six strains of Candida albicans were subjected to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis...of these variables. Separation of C. albicans by PFGE was optimal at 12 deg C with...size of DNA plug used. Key words: Candid albicans. Electrophoresis, gel, pulsed-field...
December 1, 1998; British Journal of Biomedical Science

10. The reduction of Candida albicans "yeast" overgrowth using Fungal Defense and Primal Defense along with lifestyle modifications a 23 patient pilot study.
Candida albicans, a member of the yeast family, has been...in numerous health problems. Candida albicans is a normal inhabitant of the gastrointestinal...pathogenic bacteria. The nature of Candida albicans, however, is that it is an opportunistic...
November 1, 2003; Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients