Research reveals growth preferences of Candida auris in artificial skin, suggesting metabolic pathways to target for preventing colonization.
Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen with human skin as its primary site of colonization and subsequent transmission. Here, we show the importance of conventional and alternative carbon metabolism for the ability of C. auris to grow in artificial skin-like media. This knowledge provides a better understanding of C. auris metabolism and sheds light on genes and pathways that could be targeted to interfere with persistent skin colonization.
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