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Table 2 Clinical isolates’ phenotypical and genotypic characterisation

From: Characterising atypical Candida albicans clinical isolates from six third-level hospitals in Bogotá, Colombia

 

Candida albicans

Candida dubliniensis

Atypical Candida albicans

 

SC5314

MYA-646

CO_B41

CO_B44

CO_B60

CO_B69

CO_B77

CO_B80

CO_R6

CO_R41

CO_R111

CO_R282

CO_R425

Morphology

             

Germ tube formation

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

Chlamydospore production

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Pseudohyphae

+

+

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

+/−

Substrate assimilation

             

Trehalose

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Glucosamine

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sucrose

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

API 20C AUX Code

2576174

6152034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

2576034

Growth

             

At 30 °C

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

At 37 °C

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

At 42 °C

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

At 45 °C

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Growth in chromogenic medium

       

CHROMagar

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Green

Molecular markers

             

D1/D2 domains

  

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

99 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

100 % identity with C. albicans

HWP1 gene

940 bp

569 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

940 bp

Bruker MALDI Biotyper Library

         

Score > 2.0

C. albicans

C. dubliniensis

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana

C. albicans -africana