A novel virulence phenotype rapidly assesses Candida fungal pathogenesis in healthy and immunocompromised Caenorhabditis elegans hosts
D. J. Feistel, R. Elmostafa, N. Nguyen, M. Penley, L. Morran, M. A. Hickman
This study introduces a lineage growth assay to assess fungal virulence in C. elegans, showing differences in host fitness between healthy and immunocompromised hosts infected with Candida species.
bioRxiv · Dec 18, 2018Microbiology