Commensalism instead of sex? Adapting mating to live in the gut

Lasse van Wijlick; Guilhem Janbon

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2021.05.001

Commensalism instead of sex? Adapting mating to live in the gut

Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Jun 9;29(6):856-858. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.05.001.

Authors

Lasse van Wijlick¹, Guilhem Janbon²

Affiliations

¹ Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, Institut Pasteur, F-75015 Paris, France.
² Unité Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, Institut Pasteur, F-75015 Paris, France. Electronic address: guilhem.janbon@pasteur.fr.

PMID: 34111393
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.05.001

Abstract

In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Witchley et al. (2021) describe a rewired transcriptional network that reveals how the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans favors commensalism over sexual reproduction in the host environment.

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MeSH terms

Candida albicans* / genetics
Cell Communication
DNA
Humans
Reproduction
Symbiosis*

Substances

DNA