Gray phenotype: Enhanced fitness strategy for Candida dubliniensis?

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Eva Pericolini et al. Virulence. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 2;7(3):211-3.

doi: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1142641. Epub 2016 Jan 19.

¹ a Microbiology Section, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Perugia , Perugia , Italy.

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Keywords: Candida albicans; Candida dubliniensis; HIV-positive patients; switch phenomenon; white-gray-opaque phenotype.

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Discovery of the gray phenotype and white-gray-opaque tristable phenotypic transitions in Candida dubliniensis.
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