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

Lasse van Wijlick (1) , Guilhem Janbon (2)

1 BPF - Biologie et Pathogénicité fongiques - Fungal Biology and Pathogenicity
2 Biologie des ARN des Pathogènes fongiques - RNA Biology of Fungal Pathogens

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.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Mycology

Lasse van Wijlick, Guilhem Janbon. Commensalism instead of sex? Adapting mating to live in the gut. Cell Host & Microbe, 2021, 29 (6), pp.856-858. ⟨10.1016/j.chom.2021.05.001⟩. ⟨pasteur-03692309⟩