Table 1.
Inhibition of Candida morphology switching by lactobacilli pk-CFS and bf-CFS. +, inhibition of germ tube, pseudohyphae, or hyphae formation, evaluated by microscopic observation of at least three microscopic fields; -, absence of inhibition (i.e., formation of germ tubes, pseudohyphae, or hyphae comparable to the corresponding control sample).
| C. albicans SO1 | C. albicans SO2 | C. lusitaniae SO22 | C. tropicalis SO24 | C. krusei SO26 | C. parapsilosis SO27 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. crispatus | BC1pk | + | + | + | - | + | - |
| BC1bf | + | + | + | - | + | + | |
| BC3pk | + | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BC3bf | + | + | + | - | - | + | |
| BC4pk | + | + | - | - | + | - | |
| BC4bf | + | + | + | - | + | + | |
| BC5pk | + | + | + | - | + | - | |
| BC5bf | + | + | + | - | + | + | |
| BC6pk | + | + | + | - | + | - | |
| BC6bf | + | + | + | - | + | + | |
| BC7pk | + | + | - | - | + | - | |
| BC7bf | + | + | - | - | + | + | |
| BC8pk | + | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BC8bf | + | + | + | - | - | + | |
| L. gasseri | BC9pk | + | + | + | - | - | + |
| BC9bf | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BC1pk | + | + | + | - | + | - | |
| BC1bf | + | + | + | - | + | - | |
| BC11pk | + | + | - | - | - | - | |
| BC11bf | + | + | - | - | + | - | |
| BC12pk | + | + | - | - | - | - | |
| BC12bf | + | + | - | - | - | - | |
| BC13pk | + | - | + | - | - | - | |
| BC13bf | + | - | + | - | - | - | |
| BC14pk | + | + | - | - | + | - | |
| BC14bf | + | + | - | - | - | - | |
| L. vaginalis | BC16pk | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BC16bf | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BC17pk | - | + | - | - | + | - | |
| BC17bf | - | + | - | - | - | - | |
| L. plantarum | BC18pk | + | + | - | - | + | - |
| BC18bf | + | + | - | - | + | + | |
| BC19pk | - | + | - | - | + | - | |
| BC19bf | + | + | - | - | - | + | |