Abstract

Introduction: Polymicrobial biofilms have a significant impact on pathogenesis of infectious microorgan-isms. Many human diseases are affected by colonization of multi-species communities affecting nega-tively the treatments and increase the risks for the health. In particular, in the epithelium of the stomach co-existence between C. albicans and H. pylori has been described, which has been associated to a synergistic effect on ulcer pathogenesis. Objective: The objective of this work was to advance in the understanding of surface interaction between H. pylori and C. albicans for the formation of polymicrobial biofilms.