In a year when cantaloupe tainted with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes killed 30 people, the discovery of a compound that controls this deadly bacteria -- and possibly others -- is great news.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With Salmonella-tainted ground turkey sickening more than 100 people and Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes killing 15 this year, the ability to detect outbreaks of food-borne illness and determine their sources ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2011
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Listeria is an opportunistic pathogen that causes brain infection, blood poisoning, abortion and death for about 500 Americans and a number of farm animals each year. But while its harmful strains can be more lethal than ...
Biotechnology
Jan 12, 2011
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While we are often exposed to bacteria in our food which could cause food poisoning, we don't always become ill - why should this be so?
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 6, 2010
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Bacteria are quite creative when infecting the human organism. They invade cells, migrate through the body, avoid an immune response and misuse processes of the host cell for their own purposes. To this end every bacterium ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 30, 2009
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By attaching light-emitting genes to infectious bacteria in an experimental system, researchers at University College, Cork, Ireland, have been able to track where in the body the bacteria go - giving an insight into the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2009
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