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Chlamydospore production in candida albicans

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A review of the literature correlated with laboratory studies of the influence of carbon source, temperature, and pH on chlamydospore formation, substantiate the enzymatic hypothesis of morphogenesis inCandida albicans.

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Hayes, A.B. Chlamydospore production in candida albicans. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 29, 87–96 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02055062

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