Figure 2

Comparison of the yeast form and hyphal form in colony numbers of C. albicans. Samples swabbed from the oral cavities at 60 minutes after inoculation of the yeast form or hyphal form in four 4-month-old female NOD/SCID.e2f1 ^+/+ and NOD/SCID.e2f1 ^−/− mice fed water (A) or 1% sucrose water (B) overnight were poured on YPD agar. Other samples in mice fed water (C) or 1% sucrose water (D) were poured on BHI agar. CFU data were obtained from three independent experiments with four mice from each strain, and values are expressed as the means ± standard deviations (SDs) of the data. Asterisks show significant differences (*P <0.05) in A and significant differences (** <0.05) between water (C) and 1% sucrose water (D) for drinking.