For each experiment, the yeasts were subcultured twice on
Sabouraud after thawing. An overnight culture on BHI with shacking
(200 rpm) at 30 ◦C was performed in order to achieve an
exponential phase culture. In this culture conditions yeasts cells
present blastoconidia morphology without hyphae formation,
confirmed by optical microscopy. Afterwards, yeasts were centrifugated
at 5000
×g during 10 min and a suspension with O.D. 0.5
at 530 nm measured on a Shimadzu UV1700 (Pharma Spec) spectrophotometer
was prepared on sterile phosphate buffer saline
solution (PBS), pH 7, corresponding to 1–5
×
106 cells/mL.