FIG 1.

The A. nidulans clinical isolates exhibit improved growth in the presence of alternative carbon and lipid sources. Strains were grown in liquid MM supplemented with glucose, acetate, ethanol, mucin, Tween 20 and 80, olive oil, and Casamino Acids at 37°C for 48 h (glucose) or 72 h (others) before fungal biomass was freeze-dried and weighed. Standard deviations were determined from biological triplicates in a one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s posttest comparing growth of the clinical isolates to that of the FGSC A4 reference strain (*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001; ****, P < 0.0001).