Caetano Cátia Filipa, Gaspar Carlos, Martinez-de-Oliveira José, Palmeira-de-Oliveira Ana, Rolo Joana
CICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
Life (Basel). 2023 Mar 31;13(4):924. doi: 10.3390/life13040924.
The microbiome consists mostly of bacteria, but new evidence and developments in sequencing methods have shown that fungi play an important role in human health and in the stability of the microbiota. Scientific knowledge about the role of commensal fungi in intestinal, oral, vaginal and cutaneous communities has been increasing; however, more studies are still needed to better understand their action in these niches. To date, fungal research focuses primarily on opportunistic diseases caused by fungal species, leaving unclear the possible role of fungi as an integral part of the microbiota. Although they are much less abundant than bacteria, fungi such as species belonging to the genus , , and are some of the yeasts that have been in the focus of the scientific community because they inhabit various niches. In this review, we have summarized the current information about the yeasts that inhabit the human body, including some of the diseases that they can cause when the microbiota becomes unstable.
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