Exploiting Parasitic Yeast to Kill Yeast Pathogens (IMAGE)

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Exploiting Parasitic Yeast to Kill Yeast Pathogens

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The mycoparasitic yeast Saccharomycopsis schoenii attacks and kills other yeast species, using penetration pegs (yellow arrows). The model prey species used in this study was A) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (H4-GFP), but the host range also include B) Candida albicans, C) C. auris, D) C. glabrata, E) C. lusitaniae, F) C. tropicalis and G) Schizosaccharomyces pombe (1). Dead prey cells are stained red with propidium iodide. Scale bar 5 μm.

1. Junker, K. et al. The mycoparasitic yeast Saccharomycopsis schoenii predates and kills multi-drug resistant Candida auris. Sci. Rep. 8, 14959 (2018).

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Images taken by Klara Junker, using the PerkinElmer UltraVIEW VoX Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen

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