date:Jul 10, 2014
inal tract of the mice, suggesting it could opportunistically colonize an immune-compromised host.
We still don't know if the fungus is infecting the gastrointestinal tract, or if it is producing some sort of toxin that makes people sick, said Heitman.
The researchers sequenced the entire genome of the fungus to look for clusters of genes that could produce toxic molecules called secondary metabolites. Although they uncovered a number of candidates, it is still unclear whether the fungus is ma