Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 108, No. 52 (December 27, 2011), pp. 21158-21163 (6 pages) Sexual reproduction can promote genetic diversity in ...

Scientists have determined that fungus may play a key role in chronic intestinal inflammation disorders. They found that patients with Crohn's disease tend to have much higher levels of the fungus ...

Candida tropicalis cells, once thought to be asexual, have been discovered as being capable of mating sexually. Scientists have hypothesised that the infectious fungus may have evolved the capacity to ...

New evidence suggests that a microscopic fungus called Candida tropicalis triggered gut inflammation and exacerbated symptoms of Crohn’s disease. [NIH] “The type of microorganisms that live in our ...

Probiotics typically aim to rebalance bacteria populations in the gut, but new research suggests they may also help break apart stubborn biofilms. Biofilms are living microbial communities—they ...

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