External ecological niche for Candida albicans within reducing, oxygen-limited zones of wetlands

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dc.contributor.authorStone W.
dc.contributor.authorJones B.-L.
dc.contributor.authorWilsenach J.
dc.contributor.authorBotha A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-06T07:59:59Z
dc.date.available2012-06-06T07:59:59Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractCandida albicans within the human host is well studied; however, identifying environmental reservoirs of pathogens is epidemiologically valuable for disease management. Oxygen-limited, carbohydrate-rich zones of wetlands, to which sewage-borne C. albicans is often exposed, are characteristically similar to the gastrointestinal reservoir. Consequently, using quantitative realtime PCR (qRT-PCR) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), we demonstrated that oxygen-limited zones in polluted wetlands may act as potential reservoirs of C. albicans. © 2012, American Society for Microbiology.
dc.identifier.citationApplied and Environmental Microbiology
dc.identifier.citation78
dc.identifier.citation7
dc.identifier.citation2443
dc.identifier.citation2445
dc.identifier.issn992240
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.1128/AEM.06343-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21302
dc.titleExternal ecological niche for Candida albicans within reducing, oxygen-limited zones of wetlands
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