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Color enhanced light micrograph (LM) of Candida auris, a yeast responsible for many infections. Resistant to most antifungal drugs, this fungus causes several deaths worldwide.

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A new guide argues that infectious fungi and fungus-like pathogens are the most devastating causes of disease on Earth
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