Mating and meiosis -- the specialized cell division that reduces the number of chromosomes in a cell -- are related, but in most yeasts they are regulated separately. Not so in Candida lusitaniae, ...

Candida lusitaniae is an increasingly important nosocomial bloodstream pathogen. Epidemiological investigation and molecular typing techniques identified three neonates infected with identical strains ...

Candida lusitaniae, a fungus with a low incidence of infection in immunocompetent people, is emerging as an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. This yeast is generally resistant to ...

Figure 1: Transcriptional profiling of mating and meiosis in C. lusitaniae. For mating and meiosis, C. lusitaniae cells were grown on YPD medium (non-inducing) or PDA medium (inductive for ...