Lignocellulose-based biorefineries have been gaining increasing attention to substitute
current petroleum-based refineries. Biomass processing requires a pretreatment step to …

Since the discovery of toxin-secreting killer yeasts more than 40 years ago, research into this
phenomenon has provided insights into eukaryotic cell biology and virus–host-cell …

Much progress has been made in the last decade in identifying genes responsible for
antifungal resistance in Candida albicans. Attention has focused on five major C. albicans …

Infections by opportunistic pathogenic fungi, especially Candida species, Cryptococcus
neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus, are a serious medical problem in …

Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a serious complication during treatment of opportunistic
fungal infections that frequently afflict immunocompromised individuals, such as transplant …

Candida albicans is a prevalent fungal pathogen amongst the immunocompromised
population, causing both superficial and life-threatening infections. Since C. albicans is …

Mitochondria are partially autonomous organelles that depend on the import of certain
proteins and lipids to maintain cell survival and membrane formation. Although …

Candida albicans biofilms are structured microbial communities with high levels of drug
resistance. Farnesol, a quorum-sensing molecule that inhibits hyphal formation in C …

Pathogenic yeasts from the genus Candida can cause serious infection in humans
particularly, in immunocompromised patients and are now recognized as major agents of …

One of the major advances serving to define the beginning of the era of modern medicine
was the development of penicillin in the early 1940s as the first widely used antibiotic …