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. 1976 Mar;13(3):830–835. doi: 10.1128/iai.13.3.830-835.1976

Germination of Candida albicans induced by proline.

N Dabrowa, S S Taxer, D H Howard
PMCID: PMC420685  PMID: 5375

Abstract

Blastospores of Candida albicans germinated in proline-biotin-buffer medium incubated at 37 C. Certain other amino acids in the glatamate, asparate, and pyruvate families also fostered germinaton but generally to a lesser extent than did proline. L-Cysteine, D-proline, and certain structural analogues of L-proline inhibited proline-stimualted germination. The concentration of phosphate and glucose was crucial to amino acid-stimulated germination of C. albicans. Clinical isolates and stock cultures varied in their response to the germ tube-inducing activity of proline or other amino acids. The proline-buffer medium cannot be used in a diagnostic test for production of germ tubes by isolates of yeasts.

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