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Candidiasis
Human commensal yeast Candida albicans has ancient origin
June 16th, 2005
The human commensal yeast, Candida albicans, has an ancient origin. According to a study from the United States, "Candida albicans, the primary causative agent of candidiasis, is a ubiquitous member of the human flora and is capable of causing severe invasive disease. Despite its importance as a human pathogen, little is known concerning those factors creating and maintaining genetic diversity within the species and how extant strains reflect their evolutionary history." "Based on nucleotide polymorphism frequencies, we estimated the time to a most recent common ancestor for the species to be about 3-16 million years, with variation due...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-16)
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