American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) A previously uncharacterized adhesin protein specific to a human fungal pathogen first discovered in 2009 plays a crucial role in the fungus's ability to colonize a variety of living and non-living surfaces, and in its virulence, according to a new study. "These findings [about Candida auris] offer insight into the genetics and molecular mechanisms by which [this fungus] mediates surface association, a trait critical to the increasing disease burden of this emerging pathogen," write the authors.

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