Environmental Isolation of Candida auris from the Coastal Wetlands of Andaman Islands, India.

is a multidrug resistant pathogen that presents a serious global threat to human health. As is a newly emerged pathogen, several questions regarding its ecological niche remain unexplored. While species closely related to have been detected in different environmental habitats, little is known about the natural habitat(s) of Here, we explored the virgin habitats around the very isolated Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean for evidence of We sampled coastal wetlands, including rocky shores, sandy beaches, tidal marshes, and mangrove swamps, around the Andaman group of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Union Territory, in India.

Tidal variation of phytoplankton in the coastal waters of South Andaman, India.

Tidal variations of phytoplankton were studied at two stations i.e., Station 1 (Science Centre) and Station 2 (Junglighat Bay) during the period of December 2010 to February 2011 in the coastal waters of South Andaman Islands, India.