Pathogenic Microorganisms

How Legionella Protects Itself from Immune Cells

When it infects the lungs, the Legionnaire’s bacterium Legionella pneumophila causes acute pneumonia. The pathogen’s modus operandi is particularly ingenious: it infiltrates deliberately into cells of the human immune system and injects a host of proteins which then ...More
July 23, 2010
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Studying Plant Microbes Has Implications for Fighting Human Diseases

Understanding microbes' mechanisms of infection could help scientists develop new strategies for combating the most damaging diseases of the world's major food crops as well as several human diseases. ...More
July 22, 2010
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