How a deadly fungus is so good at sticking to skin and other surfaces
Unlike other fungi, Candida auris uses electrical charges to glom onto things
![A magnified image of Candida auris, seen in blue, while nearby immune cells are seen in yellow.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/092823_Tina_-sticky-C.-auris_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Candida auris (blue, shown magnified 5,000 times) has developed a barnacle-like method for sticking to surfaces. This electron micrograph shows the fungus sticking to a catheter used in a rat. Immune cells are shown in yellow.
Robert Zarnowski