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. 1988 Apr;26(2):127-31.

Nutritional factors determine germ tube formation in Candida albicans

A R Holmes  1 , M G Shepherd
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  • PMID: 3047355

Nutritional factors determine germ tube formation in Candida albicans

A R Holmes et al. J Med Vet Mycol. 1988 Apr.

Abstract

Following a short (3 h) period of carbon starvation, exponential phase yeast cells of Candida albicans rapidly (T50 45 min) formed germ tubes in a glucose/ammonium ion solution. The presence of both a sugar (glucose, sucrose or galactose) and a nitrogen source (ammonium ion or an amino acid metabolized via glutamate) was critical for morphogenesis.

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