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A Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant with increased virulence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Mar 2003
Wheeler Robert T, Kupiec Martin, Magnelli Paula, Abeijon Claudia, Fink Gerald R
Abstract excerpt
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, bakers' yeast, is not a pathogen in healthy individuals, but is increasingly isolated from immunocompromised patients. The more frequent isolation of S. cerevisiae clinically raises a number of questions concerning the origin, survival, and virulence of this organism in human hosts. Here we compare the virulence of a human isolate, a strain isolated from decaying fruit, and a common...
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