Ethanol contamination in commercial buffers: ethanol contaminating tris-maleate and other commercial buffers induces germ tube formation in Candida albicans.
Evidence is presented for the presence of trace amounts of ethanol in certain commercial buffers. It was shown that germ tube formation occurring in Candida albicans suspended in the buffers was due to the contaminating ethanol.
D002021:Buffers; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects*; D004340:Drug Contamination; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014325:Tromethamine / Q000494:pharmacology*
D002021:Buffers; D014325:Tromethamine; D000431:Ethanol