title: Candida biotypes in human adult periodontitis.
abstract: Fifty-five Candida isolates from human periodontal pockets were biotyped using the API 20C micromethod kit system. Candida albicans (11 biotypes) constituted 81.8% of all yeast isolates. A single biotype accounted for 57.8% of the subgingival C. albicans strains. The biotype distribution of C. albicans in human periodontal pockets appears to follow a selectivity pattern similar to that of other oral surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Rams
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slots
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology*