Adapting to change: interactions of Candida albicans with its environment

Future MicrobiologyVol. 12, No. 11 EditorialAdapting to change: interactions of Candida albicans with its environmentRebecca A HallRebecca A Hall*Author for correspondence: E-mail Address: r.a.hall@bham.ac.uk Institute for Microbiology & Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:2 Aug 2017https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2017-0130AboutSectionsView ArticleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInReddit View articleKeywords: Candidacell wallenvironmental sensinghost adaptationmorphogenesispHReferences1 Sobel JD. Vulvovaginal candidosis. Lancet 369(9577), 1961–1971 (2007).Crossref, Medline, Google Scholar2 Brown GD, Denning DW, Gow NAR, Levitz SM, Netea MG, White TC. Hidden killers: human fungal infections. Sci. Transl. 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