TABLE 1.
Enzyme activities in Candida species
| Substrate (4-MU-derivative) | % of reactive strains
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. albicans (n = 129) | C. glabrata (n = 39) | C. krusei (n = 25) | C. tropicalis (n = 26) | |
| Acetate | 100 | 92 | 68 | 69 |
| Arabinofuranoside | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diacetylchitobioside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Galactoside | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glucoside | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Glucuronic acid | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Heptanoate | 98 | 82 | 60 | 80 |
| Iduronide | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lactoside | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Laurate | 92 | 100 | 44 | 54 |
| N-acetylgalactosaminide | 100 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Oleate | 7 | 59 | 28 | 0 |
| Palmitate | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Phosphate | 57 | 15 | 100 | 65 |
| Pyrophosphate | 7 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Rhamnopyranoside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |