A growing body of research has shown that bacteria are not only present in the gut and respiratory tract, but can also exist inside primary and metastatic tumors. These tumor associated bacteria are ...
Clinical bacteriology relies on the ability to identify cultured isolates. However, unknown isolates are common in hospital settings. Now, researchers at the University of Basel, have established a ...
Bacterial infections can be treated more efficiently if the cause of the disease is known. In most cases, all it takes to identify a pathogen is an analysis in a medical laboratory. Sometimes, however ...
Bacterial blight is one of the most destructive diseases of rice, a crop that feeds billions of people. Caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the disease can wipe out 30 to 50 percent ...
Bacterial infections can be treated more efficiently if the cause of the disease is known. In most cases, all it takes to identify a pathogen is an analysis in a medical laboratory. Sometimes, however ...