Yeast mating: putting some fizz into fungal sex?
The mating-competent form of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans is not stable in vitro at the temperature found in its mammalian host where mating occurs. Recent evidence that high levels of CO(2) can stabilize the mating-competent state provides a solution to this puzzle.
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Genetics Group, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount Ave., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2R2. malcolm.whiteway@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca