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Candida albicans is the most frequent aetiologic agent of human and animal candidosis. In initiating the disease, the Y form often converts to M form, a pro- cess called dimorphism or dimorphic transition. Although associated with the disease, the exact role of Y-M conversion in the pathogenesis of candi- dosis is still obscure and equally obscure are the mechanisms by which the Y form transforms to the M form “in vivo”.