Microbe Magazine

Cover ImageCover: False-color scanning electron micrograph of the surface of a tongue from a mouse with oral candidiasis demonstrating hyphal (purple) penetration through the surface from the sublingual area where Candida albicans was inoculated. C. albicans acts as both a commensal and a pathogen in humans (see p. 413). (Image courtesy of Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Dental School, Baltimore.)