TABLE 2.
Effects of incubation time, inoculum size, and glucose concentration on the growth of three Candida isolates that yielded low ODs under standard conditionsa
| Isolate no. | OD at 24 h for:
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OD at 48 h for:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard inoculum (∼103 CFU/ml)
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Large inoculum (∼104 CFU/ml)
|
Standard inoculum (∼103 CFU/ml)
|
Large inoculum (∼104 CFU/ml)
|
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| RPMI | RPMI-glucose | RPMI | RPMI-glucose | RPMI | RPMI-glucose | RPMI | RPMI-glucose | |
| 32 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.30 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.71 | 0.33 | 0.69 |
| 12 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.75 | 0.46 | 0.76 |
| 28 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.44 | 0.52 | 0.44 | 0.76 | 0.44 | 0.82 |
Standard conditions are standard inoculum size (∼103 CFU/ml) and RPMI 1640 medium.