Candida tropicalis has emerged as one of the most important Candida species. It has been
widely considered the second most virulent Candida species, only preceded by C. albicans …

Candida albicans is the most common fungal pathogen of humans and has developed an
extensive repertoire of putative virulence mechanisms that allows successful colonization …

This new edition of the universally acclaimed and widely-used textbook on fungal biology
has been completely re-written, drawing directly on the authors' research and teaching …

Candida parapsilosis is an emerging major human pathogen that has dramatically
increased in significance and prevalence over the past 2 decades, such that C. parapsilosis …

We present the diploid genome sequence of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans.
Because C. albicans has no known haploid or homozygous form, sequencing was …

Candida albicans is a facultative pathogenic micro‐organism that has developed several
virulence traits enabling invasion of host tissues and avoidance of host defence …

Many fungal pathogens undergo morphological transformations during host invasion.
However, the significance of this for fungal pathogenesis is not clear. Both yeast and hyphal …

Many species of human pathogenic fungi secrete proteases in vitro or during the infection
process. Secreted endoproteases belong to the aspartic proteases of the pepsin family …

The frequency of severe systemic fungal diseases has increased in the last few decades.
The clinical use of antibacterial drugs, immunosuppressive agents after organ …

Candida infections are common, debilitating and often recurring fungal diseases and a
problem of significant clinical importance. Candida albicans, the most virulent of the …