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Candida albicans: Love-Hate Relationship with Its Human Host
Among fungal species, Candida albicans is the one that most commonly causes human diseases, ranging from superficial to life-threatening systemic infections. As part of the commensal microbiota, C. albicans asymptomatically colonizes m...
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Genomic Sequencing and Other Tools for Studying Microbial Communities
Along with single-cell genomic sequencing, the technologies collectively known as “meta'omics,” including metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics, and metaproteomics, are powerful new tools for learning how microbes in, on, and around us affect our health and well-being. We can then ...
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Harnessing the Gut Microbiota to Treat Disease
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) involves the transfer of consortia of bacteria from healthy individuals to patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) or other conditions to promote recolonization with missing components of intestinal flora. FMT dates...
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