Table 3.

Acid formation abilities of different genotypes of C. albicans isolates (mean ± SD)

Genotype	△pH value
	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0
A (n = 20)	0.84 ± 0.12	1.11 ± 0.11	1.46 ± 0.22	1.86 ± 0.19	2.37 ± 0.27	2.83 ± 0.20	3.27 ± 0.21
B (n = 20)	0.91 ± 0.09a, b	1.21 ± 0.20	1.55 ± 0.12	1.82 ± 0.39	2.49 ± 0.24	2.87 ± 0.40	3.39 ± 0.23
C (n = 20)	0.93 ± 0.03c	1.21 ± 0.08	1.64 ± 0.05	1.93 ± 0.26	2.57 ± 0.11	2.98 ± 0.15	3.38 ± 0.15
p-value	0.029	0.093	0.059	0.169	0.150	0.192	0.197

^aComparison of acid formation abilities of C. albicans isolates between genotype A and B cultured at pH 4.0 (p = 0.048)

^bComparison of acid formation abilities of C. albicans isolates between genotype B and C cultured at pH 4.0 (p = 0.836)

^cComparison of acid formation abilities of C. albicans isolates between genotype A and C cultured at pH 4.0 (p = 0.019)