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A trade-off between fungal biofilm formation and persistence in the host

  • Shannon Esher Righi1
  1. 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Abstract

Fungal biofilm formation has long been considered an important virulence trait. A new study on Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates in PLOS Biology challenges this, finding that low biofilm-producing strains are better adapted for immune evasion and survival.

Fungal biofilm formation has long been considered an important virulence trait. A new study on Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates in PLOS Biology challenges this, finding that low biofilm-producing strains are better adapted for immune evasion and survival.

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@article{righi2026tradeoff,
  title = {{A trade-off between fungal biofilm formation and persistence in the host}},
  author = {Shannon Esher Righi},
  journal = {PLOS Biology},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.3004027},
  url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3004027},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A trade-off between fungal biofilm formation and persistence in the host
AU  - Shannon Esher Righi
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/29
JO  - PLOS Biology
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pbio.3004027
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3004027
AB  - Fungal biofilm formation has long been considered an important virulence trait. A new study on Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates in PLOS Biology challenges this, finding that low biofilm-producing strains are better adapted for immune evasion and survival.  Fungal biofilm formation has long been considered an important virulence trait. A new study on Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates in PLOS Biology challenges this, finding that low biofilm-producing strains are better adapted for immune evasion and survival.
SN  - 1545-7885
ER  -