Candida albicans
Candida albicans is a yeast which causes oral and genital infections in humans. The infection is candidiasis, better known as "thrush". It is treated with antimycotics (anti-fungal drugs).
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C. albicans biofilms readily form on the surface of medical devices. Hospital-related infections in patients are a major health concern.
C. albicans is among the gut flora, the many organisms that live in the human mouth and gastrointestinal tract. Under normal circumstances, it lives in 80% of the human population with no harmful effects, although overgrowth results in candidiasis.
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Candida Albicans Media
Candida albicans visualized by Gram stain and microscopy. Note the hyphae and chlamydospores, which are 2–4 µm in diameter.
Candida albicans growing on Sabouraud agar
An opaque colony of C. albicans growing as yeast-like cells with filamentous C. albicans cells on top
White and opaque isolates of WT strains with an empty control vector, grown on media that induces the MET3 promoter (ON). Images are differential interference contrast photomicrographs of cells resuspended from colonies.
