The bacteria present in the intestine provide information about the quantities of fungi of the potentially disease-causing Candida genus. Among them, and surprisingly, are lactic acid bacteria ...

The fungi of the Candida genus, known to millions of patients worldwide for their ability to cause serious infections, were once all thought to be asexual. Even after scientists discovered that ...

Barcelona, 16 December, 2021- Fungi of the Candida genus cause diseases such as vaginal candidiasis (highly prevalent but not serious) and systemic candidiasis (rare but can be fatal in ...

In addition to superficial infections, which can be oral or vaginal and do not usually have a serious prognosis, fungi of the Candida genus can cause systemic diseases in immunocompromised ...

When an imbalance occurs in the gut microbiome, due to antibiotics or other environmental influences, individual microbial species can spread and lead to infection. Fungi of the Candida genus, for ...

The bacteria present in the intestine provide information about the quantities of fungi of the potentially disease-causing Candida genus. Among them, and surprisingly, are lactic acid bacteria that ...

Candida tropicalis cells, ... These findings support the theory that within the wider Candida genus the fungi which are exclusively asexual might prove to be the exception rather than the rule.