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The temperature profile of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans
Author(s) -
LemosCarolino M.,
MadeiraLopes A.,
van Uden N.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
zeitschrift für allgemeine mikrobiologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0044-2208
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.19820221004
Subject(s) - candida albicans , arrhenius plot , yield (engineering) , atmospheric temperature range , arrhenius equation , exponential growth , strain (injury) , maximum temperature , yeast , chemistry , thermodynamics , materials science , activation energy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , biochemistry , anatomy , quantum mechanics
A strain of Candida albicans was found to have an associative temperature profile with respect to growth, thermal death and yield on glucose. The ARRHENIUS plot of sustained exponential growth displayed two branches in the supraoptimal temperature range with the optimum temperature for growth around 33°C, the final maximum temperature for growth around 38°C and the initial maximum temperature for growth around 42°C. The yield on glucose was temperature dependent in the supraoptimal range and declined linearly to zero between the optimum and the initial maximum temperature for growth.