Influence of Culture Media on Biofilm Formation by Candida Species and Response of Sessile Cells to Antifungals and Oxidative Stress

Figure 3

Area under the curve (AUC) of the amount of sessile cells. Bars represent the mean value (±SD) of the area under the curve (trapezoidal rule), which was computed for the OD values of eight consecutive time points (0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, and 105 min) at intervals of 12, 24, and 48 h (panels a, b, and c, resp.). For comparison among Candida species and nutritional environments, at each elapsed interval, a two-way ANOVA was performed, followed by a Bonferroni post hoc test (α = 0.05, , , and ). The nutritional environments were YP, YPD/0.2%, YPD/2%, YNB, YNB/0.2%, and YNB/2%.

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