Carboxylic acid transportes Jen1 and Jen2 affect Candida albicans biofilms' formation and susceptibility to fluconazole

This work was supported by the strategic programme UID/BIA/04050/2013 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007569) funded by national funds through the FCT I.P. and by the ERDF through the COMPETE2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI). Fluconazole was kindly provided by Pfizer®, S.A. in its pure compound form. The work on CEB was supported by Pest-OE/EQB/ LA0023/2013, from FCT, “BioHealth - Biotechnology and Bioengineering approaches to improve health quality", Ref. NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000027, co-funded by the Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (ON.2 – O Novo Norte), QREN, FEDER and the project “Consolidating Research Expertise and Resources on Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology at CEB/IBB”, Ref. FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027462. We also would like to acknowledge the support of the European Research Council through the advanced grant “STRIFE” (C-2009-AdG-249793)