While the fungus Candida albicans is a common colonizer of healthy humans, it is also
responsible for mucosal infections and severe invasive disease. Understanding the …

The composition of the microbiota is the focus of many recent publications describing the
effects of the microbiota on host health. In recent years, research has progressed further …

Infections that involve interkingdom microbial communities, such as those between bacteria
and yeast pathogens, are difficult to treat, associated with worse patient outcomes, and may …

Candida albicans is a common opportunistic pathogen and normally resides in the human
gut. Increasing number of reports link the overgrowth of C. albicans to the severity of …

Phosphate is an essential macronutrient for fungal proliferation as well as a key mediator of
antagonistic, beneficial, and pathogenic interactions between fungi and other organisms. In …

The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa damages hosts through the
production of diverse secreted products, many of which are regulated by quorum sensing …

The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known for exhibiting
diverse forms of collective behaviors, like swarming motility and biofilm formation. Swarming …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes difficult-to-treat
infections. Two well-studied divergent P. aeruginosa strain types, PAO1 and PA14, have …

Coaggregation plays an important role in the development of multispecies biofilms in
different environments, often serving as an active bridge between biofilm members and …

Microbial interactions are increasingly recognized as an integral part of microbial
physiology. Cell–cell communication mediated by quorum sensing and metabolite …