title: Chitohexose induce the yeast proliferation of Candida albicans.
abstract: Candida albicans generally grows in the hyphae form in RPMI1640 medium. Chitohexose (COS-6) induced the yeast form of C. albicans dose-dependently under this condition. When COS-6 was exposed to C. albicans, yeast proliferation was observed 6 h after starting the incubation. When we observed the growth form of C. albicans cultured with COS-6, yeast proliferation was observed at log-phase. These results showed that COS-6 was useful for the yeast form inducer of C. albicans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1, Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: Tatsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Yoshitomo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Misawa
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matahira
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial / Q000379:methods; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; C050523:chitohexaose