Scientists discover a bacterial molecule that tricks deadly fungi into starving

Teams at Monash University and the University of Warwick published a study in Current Biology showing that the bacterial molecule gladiolin pushes Candida albicans from its invasive hyphal state back to the yeast state and enhances the efficacy of amphotericin B. Led by Professor Ana Traven, the work is a basic microbiology finding far from clinical application, but it suggests new antifungal strategies.