In a study published May 5 in the journal mSphere, UB biologists Guolei Zhao and Laura Rusche report that a protein called Sir2 may facilitate C. albicans’ transition from ovoid yeast to thread-like ...

Candida albicans in the yeast and hyphae form on human epithelial cells. view more . Credit: Gudrun Holland, Muhsin Özel, Katherina Zakikhany and Bernhard Hube / Leibniz-HKI ...

The human gut microbiome contains a wide range of organisms, including different bacteria, viruses, and fungi, including the fungus Candida albicans. This natural fungus has two different forms, one ...

A hallmark of C. albicans virulence is the ability to reversible switch from yeast forms to filamentous forms, hyphae. The organism uses the yeast form to rapidly increase biomass and the hyphae ...

Candida albicans is the most common yeast that we live with. It’s found naturally on our skin and in certain parts of our bodies. We explain what Candida albicans is and 11 scenarios when its ...

A yeast called candida albicans is the most common cause of these infections. However, other types of yeasts can also be responsible. A range of treatments is available for yeast infections, ...

Yeast Overgrowth Can Make It Hard for Women Over 50 to Lose Weight — MD's Candida Diet Heals as It Slims Allison Nemetz and Kate Arcell Wed, February 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM UTC ...

The microscopic yeast Candida albicans, commonly found in the intestines and the body’s inner cavities, is usually benign, but occasionally it may overgrow and cause superficial infections ...

Interestingly, Candida glabrata is more closely genetically related to baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) than it is to Candida albicans or Candida parapsilosis. Most yeast species that ...

A protein called Sir2 may facilitate C. albicans' transition from ovoid yeast to thread-like hypha. C. albicans cells that were missing the Sir2 gene were less likely to form true hyphae in lab ...