The yeast fungus Candida albicans not only uses the toxin candidalysin to cause infections, but also to colonize the oral mucosa inconspicuously—but only in finely balanced amounts. Too little toxin ...

About 80% of people have the fungus Candida albicans in their gut. Although most of the time it persists unnoticed for years, causing no health problems, C. albicans can turn into a dangerous microbe ...

A new scoping review maps how nanoparticles and nanocarriers could overcome drug-resistant oral Candida infections, while ...

Today I want to talk to you about something that often flies under the radar but can quietly affect how you feel day to day: ...

You might call Candida albicans a shape-shifter: As this fungus grows, it can multiply as single, oval-shaped cells called yeast or propagate in an elongated form called hypha, consisting of ...

Candida albicans exploits N-acetylglucosamine as a gut signal to establish the balance between commensalism and pathogenesis Candida albicansis a benign member of gut microbiota, but also causes ...

The opportunistic fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, lives benignly in our bodies, on our skin and mucosa membranes, until it senses we are weak; then it quickly adapts and goes on the offensive. One ...

An estimated 1.5 million deaths worldwide are attributed to invasive fungal diseases annually. 5 Of these, hospital-acquired infections—most frequently caused by species of Candida—account for around ...

Constantin Urban, associated professor at the Department of Clinical Microbiology of Umea University and his colleagues report on how adaption of microbial fungi to low oxygen environments influences ...

Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans, a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating. But a new study shows that C.

Candida may be linked to endometriosis. This may be because it alters the balance of microorganisms in the body and can cause inflammation. Further research is necessary to fully understand the ...