Figure 6.

Impact of Als3 on adhesion and germ tube orientation of C. albicans cells adhered in flow. 30-min germinated cells were channeled through a flow chamber with a flow rate of 4 dyn/cm². A: Adhesion kinetics of C. albicans BWP17 and its als3Δ/als3Δ mutant (als3Δ) after 30 min. Data are shown as box and whisker plots (min-to-max) representing counts of adherent cells/mm²/min. *, P< 0.05 (Mann Whitney U test). B: Germ tube angles of attached 30-min germinated cells of BWP17 (dark green symbols) and its als3Δ/als3Δ mutant (light green symbols) relative to the flow direction. Percentages of angle frequencies are displayed as polar plot, based on a minimum of 90 germ tube angles per condition