Candida albicans cell-type switching and functional plasticity in the mammalian host

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 96 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.157

Authors: Suzanne M. Noble, Brittany A. Gianetti & Jessica N. Witchley
Candida albicans is a ubiquitous commensal of the mammalian microbiome and the most prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. A cell-type transition between yeast and hyphal morphologies in C. albicans was thought to underlie much of the variation in virulence observed in different host

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - November 20, 2016 Category: Microbiology Authors: Suzanne M. Noble Brittany A. Gianetti Jessica N. Witchley Tags: Review Source Type: research