Bacteria
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2020.10.27
The Institut Pasteur's outstanding collection of bacterial strains has played a key role in research at the University of California. The collection was used...
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2020.10.21
Between September 2018 and March 2019, a cholera epidemic took place in Zimbabwe, causing 10 000 cases and 69 deaths. The Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Unit at...
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2020.10.08
Antimicrobial resistance could become the leading cause of death in the world, with 10 million deaths in 2050, if nothing is done to prevent it. Today, 400,000...
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2020.09.23
Although the lockdown introduced in spring 2020 undoubtedly slowed down the circulation of the coronavirus, it also had an impact on other communicable...
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2020.06.10
An international study has demonstrated that the microbiota and the intestinal cell death triggered by chemotherapy stimulate the efficacy of the immune...
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2020.06.02
Klebsiella bacteria are responsible for some of the most antibiotic-resistant infections. A major study on intestinal colonization by Klebsiella has shed light...
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2020.05.20
A new technique could provide vital information about a community’s immunity to infectious diseases including malaria and Covid-19.
The diagnostic test...
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2020.03.17
Does a healthy microbiota lead to a healthy mind? A joint study between the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and Inserm has revealed the highly specific profile of...
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2020.03.10
Bacteria that grow inside cells depend on their host cell for access to nutrients. Scientists from the Cellular Biology of Microbial Infection Unit at the...
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2020.02.13
When a bacterium invades a host, it seeks to proliferate by multiplying. Bacterial cell division is coordinated by several mechanisms including the synthesis...