Can candida albicans produce alcohol

Answer 1

Yes. In 1945, the first case was found in a man named Charlie Swaart. He began experiencing bouts of drunkenness and hangovers, without drinking so much as a single beer! Doctors became puzzled as they detected alcohol on his breath, as well as in his blood. They found that the fungus Candida albicans was the culprit. The cells turned out to be fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol right there in his intestines. Candida albicans is common to find in the digestive tract (and others), but these particular fermenting kind are not.