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![Fungus Among Us The white, turquoise, lavender, and purple colonies are from C. albicans strains grown on a special kind of agar. The orange/green pictures show colonies with fluorescent reporters connected to the genetic hotspot. Image courtesy Bennett Lab](https://medicine.at.brown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/CandidaDiversity-351x185.jpg)
Fungus Among Us
A ‘mutation hotspot’ allows a common yeast to adapt to different host environments.