Figure 3.

Hydrolytic enzymes produced by C. haemulonii species complex. The distribution of aspartic protease, caseinase, phospholipase, esterase, phytase, hemolysin and siderophores production in each clinical isolate was shown (left side). Note that the gray lines divide the graph according to the intensity of enzymatic activity as follows: below the thin gray line are found the excellent producing fungal isolates, between the gray lines are found the good producing isolates and above the gray thick line are found the weak producing strains. In parallel, the mean ± standard deviation regarding the aspartic protease, caseinase, phospholipase, esterase, phytase, hemolysin and siderophores production in each species forming the C. haemulonii complex was plotted (right side). Note that the dotted line represents the overall average for the production of each enzyme in all studied strains (n = 25). Ch, C. haemulonii; Cd, C. duobushaemulonii; Chv, C. haemulonii var. vulnera.