Bacterium
News
2025.07.22
On June 12-13, 2025, the Institut Pasteur hosted the first international conference on the risks and challenges associated with the creation of what are...
News
2025.07.09
What exactly is causing the cases of severe gastrointestinal illness that first began to emerge in and around Saint-Quentin on June 6? The health authorities...
Vidéo
2025.06.30
What if the great pandemics could die out naturally?
That's what Javier Pizarro-Cerda, head of the Yersinia unit at the Institut Pasteur, has been studying by...
Vidéo
2025.06.02
An exceptional dive into the heart of a cell infected by Shigella, the bacterium responsible for dysentery.
How does a bacterium manage to infiltrate our cells...
Document de presse
2025.05.29
Leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans: a new study reveals the history of a neglected pathogen.
Long considered a disease brought to...
Document de presse
2025.05.29
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and McMaster University have discovered that the evolution of a gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia...
News
2025.05.21
Bacteria first emerged on Earth 3.5 to 4 billion years ago, quickly developing adaptation mechanisms allowing them to survive in the changing and sometimes...
Vidéo
2025.05.12
Lyme borreliosis: messenger RNA, a promising new vaccine lead?
Valérie Choumet and her team at the Institut Pasteur have obtained promising results for a new...
Vidéo
2025.04.25
Diving into the invisible: when physics reveals the secrets of life These hypnotic images of dividing bacteria are more than just aesthetic: they are at the...
Vidéo
2025.04.04
Meningitis: warning signs!
200 cases in France since January? Yes, but... This figure concerns invasive meningococcal infections, a 25-year record. But not all...