Commensal colonization of Candida albicans in the mouse gastrointestinal tract is mediated via expression of candidalysin and adhesins

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ABSTRACT The ubiquitous fungal pathogen Candida albicans has the potential to either asymptomatically colonize the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or become an invasive pathogen through mechanisms that remain incompletely understood. Here we explored the fungal, host, and environmental factors that influence the ability of C. albicans to colonize the mouse GI tract using a representative clinical strain, CLCA10....

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