It was expected this would include both commensals (not harmful) and pathogenic (disease-causing) strains. This is because of the numbers of pupils in a classroom, the close and prolonged nature of ...
Scientists are starting to learn about what composes a healthy microbiome, such as the bacterial species and the molecules they generate... | Microbiology ...
Scientists have discovered the mechanism by which the bacterial pathogen Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of dysentery, manipulates molecular activity to assure its survival against its host's ...
Organisms judged as "potentially pathogenic" were found more frequently on soft toys (30%) than on hard toys (5%) (odds ratio, 8.14; 95% confidence range, 0.74-107.49). The authors cite a 1 in 10 ...