Candida glabrata: A Lot More Than Meets the Eye

K Kumar, F Askari, MS Sahu, R Kaur - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Candida glabrata is an opportunistic human fungal pathogen that causes superficial
mucosal and life-threatening bloodstream infections in individuals with a compromised …

Phosphate acquisition and virulence in human fungal pathogens

M Ikeh, Y Ahmed, J Quinn - Microorganisms, 2017 - mdpi.com
The ability of pathogenic fungi to acquire essential macro and micronutrients during infection
is a well-established virulence trait. Recent studies in the major human fungal pathogens …

Comparative genomics of emerging pathogens in the Candida glabrata clade

T Gabaldón, T Martin, M Marcet-Houben, P Durrens… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Candida glabrata follows C. albicans as the second or third most prevalent
cause of candidemia worldwide. These two pathogenic yeasts are distantly related, C …

A transcriptional activator from Rhizophagus irregularis regulates phosphate uptake and homeostasis in AM symbiosis during phosphorous starvation

S Zhang, Y Nie, X Fan, W Wei, H Chen, X Xie… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Phosphorus (P) is one of the most important nutrient elements for plant growth
and development. Under P starvation, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi can promote …

Candida albicans Isolates from the Gut of Critically Ill Patients Respond to Phosphate Limitation by Expressing Filaments and a Lethal Phenotype

K Romanowski, A Zaborin, V Valuckaite, RJ Rolfes… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen that proliferates in the intestinal tract of
critically ill patients where it continues to be a major cause of infectious-related mortality. The …

Phosphate in Virulence of Candida albicans and Candida glabrata

JR Köhler, M Acosta-Zaldívar, W Qi - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Candida species are the most commonly isolated invasive human fungal pathogens. A role
for phosphate acquisition in their growth, resistance against host immune cells, and …

Defects in phosphate acquisition and storage influence virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

M Kretschmer, E Reiner, G Hu, N Tam… - Infection and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Nutrient acquisition and sensing are critical aspects of microbial pathogenesis. Previous
transcriptional profiling indicated that the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, which …

Conservation of PHO pathway in ascomycetes and the role of Pho84

P Tomar, H Sinha - Journal of biosciences, 2014 - Springer
In budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the phosphate signalling and response
pathway, known as PHO pathway, monitors phosphate cytoplasmic levels by controlling …

Molecular characterization and comparative phylogenetic analysis of phytases from fungi with their prospective applications

I Gontia-Mishra, S Tiwari - Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2013 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Plant seeds that have high phytate content are used as animal feed. Phytases,
enzymes that catalyze the breakdown of phytate into inorganic phosphorus and myoinositol …

The GRF10 homeobox gene regulates filamentous growth in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

AK Ghosh, T Wangsanut, WA Fonzi… - FEMS yeast …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Candida albicans is the most common human fungal pathogen and can cause life-
threatening infections. Filamentous growth is critical in the pathogenicity of C. albicans, as …