The yeast form of the fungus Candida albicans promotes persistence in the gut of gnotobiotic mice.
Many microorganisms that cause systemic, life-threatening infections in humans reside as harmless commensals in our digestive tract. Yet little is known about the biology of these microbes in the gut. Here, we visualize the interface between the human commensal and pathogenic fungus Candida albicans...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5673237?pdf=render |