“But as azoles began destroying more prevalent fungi, an opportunity arrived for C. auris to enter the breach, a germ that had the ability to readily resist fungicides now suitable for a world in which fungi less able to resist are under attack.”
Since when is a fungus a germ? Germ is synonymous with bacteria.
"Germ" may refer to not just a bacterium but to any type of microorganism or even non-living pathogen that can cause disease,
such as protists, fungi, viruses, prions, or viroids.[1]
Diseases caused by pathogens are called infectious diseases."
Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_of_disease