Fluconazole Makes Fungi Sexually Active (IMAGE)

University of Würzburg

Fluconazole Makes Fungi Sexually Active

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Treatment with fluconazole can lead to genetic changes in Candida albicans that make the fungus capable of mating.

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Bernardo Ramírez-Zavala/Universität Würzburg

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