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Do Candida spp. “Read” Nietzsche? Can Xenobiotics Modulate their Aggressiveness? Proposition that Chemicals may Interfere in their Virulence Attributes

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As well as the host, opportunist Candida spp. enface all sorts of exogenous chemicals, so-called xenobiotics. It is plausible that xenobiotics exert some effects on such microorganisms; among them, the modulation of virulence attributes.

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Rosa, E.A.R. Do Candida spp. “Read” Nietzsche? Can Xenobiotics Modulate their Aggressiveness? Proposition that Chemicals may Interfere in their Virulence Attributes. Mycopathologia 173, 69–71 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-011-9482-y

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