Enzymatic activities of Candida tropicalis isolated from hospitalized patients.
Secretion of hydrolytic enzymes is considered a virulence factor in Candida spp. Extracellular enzymatic activities in 29 clinical isolates of Candida tropicalis were analyzed by plate assays. C. tropicalis, similar to Candida albicans, showed elevated hemolytic and esterase activities. However, unlike C. albicans, low aspartyl protease and very low phospholipase activities were detected in C. tropicalis isolates.
Galán-Ladero
M A
MA
Area of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain.
Blanco
M T
MT
Sacristán
B
B
Fernández-Calderón
M C
MC
Pérez-Giraldo
C
C
Gómez-García
A C
AC
D041022:Candida tropicalis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D004952:Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism
D004798:Enzymes; D004952:Esters; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D011506:Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors