S. cerevisiae strains used as control and assays for which they were used.

(a)(named D5 in Table 1);(b)Molecular characterization of these strains have been described previously [44];(c)Growth at different temperatures,(d)protease and phospholipase secretion, Ph (pseudohyphal) and invasive growth;(e)MAPK activation;(f)Adherence to plastics;(g)In vivo study by intravenous inoculation of strains in BALB/c mice;(h)(MATa; ura3-52; trp1D2; leu2-3_112; his3-11; ade2-1; can1-100) [64], [76];(i)(MATahis3Δ1 leu2Δ0 met15Δ0 ura3Δ0) (EUROSCARF); n.r.: Non reported.