Jan 9, 2017
Microbiology Mondays: When the fungus Candida albicans and the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus form a biofilm together, fungal polysaccharides protect S. aureus from antibacterial compounds (even in the absence of C. albicans). These findings may help clinicians optimize current therapeutic agents and develop new agents to fight these resilient polymicrobial infections. For a link to the full #mBioJournal report, see facebook.com/asmfan. #MicrobiologyMondays #MicroMondays #MM