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 ...

Voyeuristic scientists have caught yeast having sex, and lots of it, a finding that questions the assumed chastity of the microscopic fungi that cause yeast infections in humans. Such sexual antics ...

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 ...

Colonies of Candida tropicalis on a nutrient medium plate containing a red dye, phloxine B. Haploid (red) and diploid (white) colonies were distinctly stained. C. tropicalis is one of the most common ...

Fibronectin (FN) is an abundant host protein that is specifically recognized by several pathogenic yeasts. Binding of FN in solution to Candida, Trichosporon, and Saccharomyces species is increased 20 ...