Iron Metabolism, Pseudohypha Production, and Biofilm Formation through a Multicopper Oxidase in the Human-Pathogenic Fungus Candida parapsilosis
C. parapsilosis is the second or third most common opportunistic human-pathogenic Candida species, being responsible for severe fungal infections among immunocompromised patients, especially low-birth-weight infants (0 to 2 years of age). Among the major virulence factors that pathogenic fungi posse...
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Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2020-05-01
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Series: | mSphere |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00227-20 |