Candida albicans cell wall integrity transcription factors regulate polymicrobial biofilm formation with Streptococcus gordonii

Polymicrobial biofilms play important roles in oral and systemic infections. The oral plaque bacterium Streptococcus gordonii is known to attach to the hyphal cell wall of the fungus Candida albicans to form corn-cob like structures in biofilms. However, the role of C. albicans in formation of polym...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Chinnici, Lisa Yerke, Charlene Tsou, Sujay Busarajan, Ryan Mancuso, Nishanth D. Sadhak, Jaewon Kim, Abhiram Maddi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/7870.pdf