Legionella
Researchers Identify Mechanism that Helps Bacteria Avoid Destruction in Cells
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University, the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and Yale University reported in PLoS ONE, a way in which intracellular pathogens…
Researchers identify a worldwide-distributed clone of bacteria responsible for Legionnaire's disease
This report investigates the genetic background of L. pneumophila, provides clues to the evolution and emergence of this pathogen, and describes the…
Legionnaire's bacterial proteins work together to survive
“This supposedly simple organism continues to fascinate us with new tricks that enable it to manipulate cells in our body that normally protect us against…