BUFFALO, N.Y. — You might call Candida albicans a shape-shifter: As this fungus grows, it can multiply as single, oval-shaped cells called yeast or propagate in an elongated form called hypha, ...

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 ...

Individual Candida albicans yeast strains in the human gut are as different from each other as the humans that carry them, and some C. albicans strains may damage the gut of patients with inflammatory ...

Despite how prevalent and uncomfortable they can be, yeast infections are usually manageable with the right care.

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New reporting outlines fungi as a small but consequential factor in irritable bowel syndrome, noting mechanisms across ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- You might call Candida albicans a shape-shifter: As this fungus grows, it can multiply as single, oval-shaped cells called yeast or propagate in an elongated form called hypha, ...

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 ...