… serendipitous byproduct of anti-predation adaptations accrued over a long co-evolutionary …
human bacterial pathogens are the result of millions of years of co-evolution with …

… Evading or suppressing host immunity is critical for pathogenicity, … neoformans, which is not
thought to have coevolved with … albicans undergoes morphological transitions between yeast…

… Candida albicans undergoes a morphological yeast-to-hyphal transition during infection, …
The filamentous morphology of the hyphal form has been identified as a virulence factor as it …

… Candida albicans can switch forms from yeast to hyphae, in which both forms are virulent. …
Among the multiple morphologies of Candida, the virulent forms are yeast and hyphae. …

… a strong negative effect on Candida albicans’ ability to form … plates based on morphological
differences. Subsequently, a … virulence-determinant characteristics of yeast pathogenicity …

… pathogenic species led to the emergence of new hybrid lineages with increased virulence
towards … that the heterozygosity of these genes may be constrained in Candida spp. hybrids. …

… , these microorganisms have coevolved in a mutually … albicans possesses numerous
virulence traits that contribute … albicans cells to transition into a novel yeast morphology that …

… species of Candida have been described as causing invasive infections and death, such as
Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida … main virulence factors described for this yeast …

… Co-evolution with these microbes has led to the development of … Candida albicans is a
fungal pathobiont present in most … albicans to switch between different morphologies has been …

… virulence mechanisms of Candida albicans, there is limited knowledge on the emerging
opportunistic human pathogen Candida … stress tolerance, morphology switch, biofilm formation, …