THE TIMES: Shapeshifting Japanese super-fungus Candida auris linked to deaths of eight Britons

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David Denning, professor of infectious diseases at Manchester University, said: “Candida auris is a shapeshifter. The normal cell is egg-shaped but it can also produce tubes called hyphae which invade tissue or it can form a biofilm where the cells are embedded in a protective matrix.

“It also loves salt, so it flourishes on the skin, [for instance in] the armpit and groin.”