Gene Expression Arrays comparing C. albicans CEM175 during planktonic and biofilm growth in different media

The goal was to identify genes that change their expression in biofilm vs. planktonic growth. Cultures for the extraction of total RNA under biofilm growth conditions were performed on biofilms grown on the bottom of 6-well polystyrene plates for 48 hours at 37°C and 200 rpm as previously described (Nobile et al. 2012). The media used was Spider 1% glucose and Spider. Planktonic cultures for total RNA were grown in the same media by inoculating with cells from an overnight 30°C YPD culture to an OD600 of 0.05. Cultures were then grown in flasks at 37°C with shaking at 225 rpm until they reached an OD600 of 1.0. Expression was measured relative to pooled references, two replicates of each experiment were performed.