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• n  a parasitic fungus that can infect the mouth or the skin or the intestines or the vagina

• Candida albicans
• Monilia albicans

News & Articles

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• New Compound Prevents First Steps Of Fungal Infection
  Targeting serious and sometimes deadly fungal infections, a team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has discovered a chemical compound that prevents fungal cells from adhering to surfaces, which, typically, is the first step of the infection process used by the human pathogen Candida albicans (C. albicans).
  Aug. 19, 2013 - BioresearchOnline