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It was previously believed that the major human fungal pathogen\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                      must switch from the \u201csterile\u201d white state to the mating-competent opaque state to mate. We recently reported that glucose depletion could induce\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                      white cell mating at a moderate frequency. In this study, we demonstrate that white cells can undergo efficient mating when incubated on agar medium (water and agar, without additional nutritional components). Cell survival assays revealed that a subpopulation of white cells underwent cell death, releasing nutritional components that supported surviving cells in undergoing morphological changes and efficient mating. Inactivation of\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">CST20<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">MAC1<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">MCU1<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">IDP2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2014genes required for cell death and reactive oxygen species generation in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2014resulted in a significant reduction in mating frequency under nutrient-depleted conditions. Taken together, our findings suggest that extremely poor nutritional conditions are able to promote epigenetic switch-independent mating in\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C. albicans<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>\n                        <jats:bold>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:bold>\n                      <\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>\n                        By demonstrating that white cells can mate under nutrient-depleted conditions, the research uncovers a novel mechanism of sexual reproduction in this pathogenic fungus. The findings suggest that cell death, through the release of nutritional components and the generation of reactive oxygen species, plays a crucial role in facilitating mating under nutrient-depleted conditions. 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