In the last decades, Candida albicans has served as the leading causal agent of life-
threatening invasive infections with mortality rates approaching 40% despite treatment …

Candida albicans is a ubiquitous commensal of the mammalian microbiome and the most
prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. A cell-type transition between yeast and hyphal …

Aroma compounds provide attractiveness and variety to alcoholic beverages. We discuss
the molecular biology of a major subset of beer aroma volatiles, fruity and floral compounds …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of
cryptococcosis. They belong to the phylum Basidiomycota and can be readily distinguished …

The fungus Candida albicans is often a benign member of the mucosal flora; however, it
commonly causes mucosal disease with substantial morbidity and in vulnerable patients it …

Carbonic anhydrases (CAs), a group of ubiquitously expressed metalloenzymes, are
involved in numerous physiological and pathological processes, including …

Guard cells form epidermal stomatal gas-exchange valves in plants and regulate the
aperture of stomatal pores in response to changes in the carbon dioxide (CO 2) …

Quorum sensing (QS), a density-dependent signaling mechanism of microbial cells, involves
an exchange and sense of low molecular weight signaling compounds called autoinducers …

Candida albicans is the most common human fungal pathogen (Beck-Sague and Jarvis,
1993). It is normally a harmless commensal organism. However, it is a opportunistic …

Pathogenic fungi have become a leading cause of human mortality due to the increasing
frequency of fungal infections in immunocompromised populations and the limited …