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ALTERNATIVE<i>CANDIDA ALBICANS</i>LIFESTYLES: Growth on Surfaces
3 May 2005
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Candida albicans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen, causes a wide variety of human diseases such as oral thrush and disseminated candidiasis. Many aspects of C. albicans physiology have been studied during liquid growth, but in its natural environment, the gastrointestinal tract of a mammalian host, the organism associates with surfaces. Growth on a surface triggers several behaviors, such as biofilm formation,...
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