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Table 6 Relative sensitivity of fungal species to Congo Red

From: Phylogenetic diversity of stress signalling pathways in fungi

*Relative growth (%)		CR [μg/ml]
Species	Control	20	50	100	150	200	250	300	400	500
S. cerevisiae	100	95	85	75	55	40	40	25	20	20
C. glabrata	100	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	67
C. albicans	100	83	67	67	67	67	67	67	63	17
D. hansenii	100	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
A. gossypii	100	67	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
K. lactis	100	100	100	95	95	95	80	80	80	80
Y. lipolytica	100	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
F. graminearum	100	94	69	56	44	44	44	44	44	44
M. grisea	100	94	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	50
N. crassa	100	75	75	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
A. fumigatus	100	100	100	100	100	100	83	50	33	33
A. nidulans	100	79	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
S. pombe	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
U. maydis	100	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

* CR stress sensitivities were quantified by calculating the percentage growth under each condition relative to the corresponding non-stress control for that species. Examples of the Congo Red plates are shown in Additional File 1.

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