The strain of C. albicans used throughout these experiments was provided by ATCC (ATCC® MYA2876™), and was maintained on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA; Biorad, Hercules, CA, USA) plates containing gentamicin and chloramphenicol. Growth from an 18- to 24-h SDA culture of C. albicans was suspended in sterile saline solution (NaCl 0.9%) for mice administration or in culture medium for in vitro experiment [13 (link),29 (link)].
Lactobacillus helveticus LA401 and Lactobacillus gasseri LA806 were provided by Genibio (Lorp-Sentaraille, Paris, France). The combination of the two strains is marketed under the name Lactibiane Cnd (PiLeJe Laboratoire, Paris, France).
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