Antarctic marine microplastics reveals environmental persistence and rapid evolution of Candida auris
Norman van Rhijn, Emma Gan, Pilvi Hepo-oja, Xinyi Wang, Jia Li, Seána Duggan, David Firer, Laila Essa Omar AlSharqi, Hugh Gifford, Jacob Lucas Steenwyk, Amelie P. Brackin, Alireza Abdolrasouli, Andrew M. Borman, Christina A. Cuomo, Matthew C. Fisher, , Johanna Rhodes
The paper isolates Candida auris from Antarctica, identifies cold-adapted traits, and links mutator phenotypes to rapid evolution and drug resistance in global C. auris clades.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology