Candida albicans toxin plays a special role in the colonization of the digestive tract

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Source: Gudrun Holland, Muhsin Özel, Katherina Zakikhany and Bernhard Hube / Leibniz-HKI

Comparative studies on mice with a complete microbiome and a microbiome reduced by antibiotics now show that the previous assumption that the yeast form of Candida albicans is better suited for colonization needs to be revised. 

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