Environmental Isolation of Candida auris from the Coastal Wetlands of Andaman Islands, India.

ABSTRACT: Candida auris is a multidrug resistant pathogen that presents a serious global threat to human health. As C. auris is a newly emerged pathogen, several questions regarding its ecological niche remain unexplored. While species closely related to C. auris have been detected in different environmental habitats, little is known about the natural habitat(s) of C. auris Here, we explored the virgin habitats around the very isolated Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean for evidence of C. auris We sampled coastal wetlands, including rocky shores, sandy beaches, tidal marshes, and mangrove swamps, around the Andaman group of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Union Territory, in India. Forty-eight samples of sediment soil and seawater were collected from eight sampling

SUBMITTER: Arora P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8092279 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature