Biofilm matrix of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis: chemical composition and role in drug resistance.

@article{AlFattani2006BiofilmMO,
  title={Biofilm matrix of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis: chemical composition and role in drug resistance.},
  author={Mohammed A Al-Fattani and L. Julia Douglas},
  journal={Journal of medical microbiology},
  year={2006},
  volume={55 Pt 8},
  pages={
          999-1008
        }
}
Matrix material was extracted from biofilms of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis and analysed chemically. Both preparations contained carbohydrate, protein, hexosamine, phosphorus and uronic acid. However, the major component in C. albicans matrix was glucose (32%), whereas in C. tropicalis matrix it was hexosamine (27%). Biofilms of C. albicans were more easily detached from plastic surfaces by treatment with the enzyme lyticase (beta-1,3-glucanase) than were those of C. tropicalis… 
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