title: Adherence ability of Candida africana: a comparative study with Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis.
abstract: In this study, we compared the adherence ability to human Hela cells and biofilm formation of three closely related Candida yeast. In our experiments, Candida africana showed poor adhesion ability to human Hela cells and the absence of biofilm formation on polyvinyl chloride strips. Conversely, Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis formed mature biofilms and stable attachment to Hela cells. To our knowledge, this is the first comparative study reporting data on biofilm formation and adherence to human Hela cells by C. africana.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences Marcello Malpighi- Section of Microbiological, Genetic and Molecular Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Orazio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Filomena
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Leo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Criseo
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D002175:Candida / Q000502:physiology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride
chemical_list: D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride