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Sarah Mertens

University of Zurich

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Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy reveals high intraspecies diversity of Malassezia pachydermatis in dogs with atopic dermatitis

Simon Kurmann, Marco A. Coelho, Sarah Mertens, Ana Rostaher, Nina Fischer, Franco Martini, M. Knecht, Marcia David Palma, Joseph Heitman, Salomé LeibundGut‐Landmann, Claude Favrot, Francis Muchaamba

This study uses FTIR spectroscopy and WGS to show increased strain diversity of Malassezia pachydermatis in dogs with atopic dermatitis, with specific phylogroups enriched in affected animals.

bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Genome-guided manipulation of regulators of morphogenesis in a C. albicans strain with low virulence is not sufficient to trigger a high-virulence phenotype

Ricardo Fróis-Martins, Sarah Mertens, Van Du T. Tran, Corinne Maufrais, Christophe d’Enfert, Dominique Sanglard, Salomé LeibundGut‐Landmann

This study shows that altering BRG1 and CYR1 in a low-virulence C. albicans strain does not increase its virulence in vivo, suggesting complex gene networks regulate fungal pathogenicity.

bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology