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SUBMITTER: Chang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4505205 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chang Wenqiang W Zhang Ming M Li Ying Y Lou Hongxiang H
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20150526 8
Candida albicans biofilms contain a subpopulation whose members are defined as persisters, displaying great tolerance of fungicides. To directly observe such persisters, an effective method using green fluorescent protein (GFP) strain labeling by mutation of the gene encoding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (TDH3), combined with propidium iodide (PI) staining, was established. Amphotericin B-tolerant persisters harbor the characteristics of both GFP positivity [GFP (+)] and propidium io ...[more]