Candida albicans Isolates from the Gut of Critically Ill Patients Respond to Phosphate Limitation by Expressing Filaments and a Lethal Phenotype

Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that proliferates in the intestinal tract of critically ill patients where it continues to be a major cause of infectious-related mortality. The precise cues that shift intestinal C. albicans from its ubiquitous indolent colonizing yeast form to an inva...

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Main Authors: Romanowski, Kathleen, Zaborin, Alexander, Valuckaite, Vesta, Rolfes, Ronda J., Babrowski, Trissa, Bethel, Cindy, Olivas, Andrea, Zaborina, Olga, Alverdy, John C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258262/