Highlights•Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone that modulates the function of many client
proteins.•Morphogenesis is an important Candida albicans virulence trait.•Hsp90 regulates …

Candida albicans is a multimorphic commensal organism and opportunistic fungal pathogen
in humans. A morphological switch between unicellular budding yeast and multicellular …

Candida albicans is a frequent colonizer of human mucosal surfaces as well as an
opportunistic pathogen. C. albicans is remarkably versatile in its ability to colonize diverse …

Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen responsible for health care–associated
outbreaks that arise from persistent surface and skin colonization. We characterized the …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae scarcely grows on minimal media with acetic acid, acidic pH, and
high temperatures. In this study, the adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE), whole-genome …

Candida auris is an emerging healthcare-associated pathogen of global concern. Recent
reports have identified C. auris isolates that grow in cellular aggregates or filaments, often …

Highlights•There is a strong association between C. albicans morphology and virulence.•C.
albicans morphology control mechanisms may serve as important antifungal …

Rising drug resistance among pathogenic fungi, paired with a limited antifungal arsenal,
poses an increasing threat to human health. To identify antifungal compounds, we screened …

Alcohol fermentation is a key process in wine, beer, alcoholic beverage production,
bioethanol production by means of carbohydrate sources, and food industry byproducts …

Heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) are a family of transcription regulators. Although
HSFs' functions in controlling the transcription of the molecular chaperone heat shock …