Debaryomyces, the Achilles heel of wound repair
Carol A Kumamoto1, Jesus A Romo1
1Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, 150 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Cell Host & Microbe
|May 13, 2021
Abstract:
In a recent Science paper, Jain et al. (2021) discover that a fungus contributes to delayed wound healing in mice and is enriched in inflamed tissue from Crohn's disease patients. This culprit is not a well-known pathogen, but cheese yeast Debaryomyces hansenii, highlighting the importance of further studying fungi-host interactions.


