Journal: Frontiers in Fungal Biology
Article Title: Iron modulation drives biofilm formation and virulence enzyme production in emerging clinical Candida species: implications for diagnostics and therapeutics
doi: 10.3389/ffunb.2025.1746357
Figure Lengend Snippet: Agarose gel electrophoresis of PCR products from the 18S rRNA gene confirms species-level validation of clinical Candida isolates, cross-verified with MALDI-TOF/VITEK. Panels (A) ( C. utilis , lanes 1-17), (B) ( C. albicans , lanes 1-14), and (C) ( C. auris , lanes 1-14) show consistent 401 bp amplicons. Lanes labelled “L”: 100 bp DNA ladder. Positive controls: C. albicans ATCC 90028 and C. auris CDC B11903 (run in parallel, data not shown).
Article Snippet: Reference strains Candida albicans ATCC 90028 and Candida auris CDC B11903 were used as controls during identification and subsequent assays.
Techniques: Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Biomarker Discovery