Lightning up the worm: How to probe fungal virulence in an alternative mini-host by bioluminescence

Virulence. 2015;6(8):727-9. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1103428. Epub 2015 Nov 5.

Author

Sven Krappmann^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ a Mikrobiologisches Institut - Klinische Mikrobiologie; Immunologie und Hygiene; Universitätsklinikum Erlangen; Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg ; Erlangen , Germany.
² b Medical Immunology Campus Erlangen; Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg ; Erlangen , Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Candida albicans; Galleria mellonella; fungal infections; luciferase; pathogenesis.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
Disease Models, Animal
Fungi / pathogenicity*
Lepidoptera / microbiology*
Luminescent Measurements / methods*
Moths / microbiology
Mycoses / drug therapy
Mycoses / microbiology*

Substances

Antifungal Agents