Mucins Fungus (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mucins Fungus

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The more infectious form of the yeast Candida albicans is a long filament (left). MIT researchers have shown that when the yeast is grown in the presence of mucin glycans, it remains in its round, harmless form (right).

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Julie Takagi

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