Microbe Magazine

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Bacterial Biofilms, Other Structures Seen as Mainstream Concepts
As the notion that some bacteria live in structurally complex, multicellular communities gains momentum, let us pause to collect our thoughts. Many microbiologists consign organisms with complex structures or behaviors as “weird” and outside the mainstream. Thus, microbiologists who focus on E...
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The Threat of Marek's Disease Virus Is Expanding
Despite the attention being paid to avian influenza and its potential to cause a pandemic among humans, the threat of avian diseases extends well beyond the influenza virus. Of particular interest to poultry producers are foodborne infectious bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacte...
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Host Cell-Directed Interactions with Toxoplasma Influence Pathogenesis
Toxoplasma gondii infects an estimated 1.5 million humans annually in the United States and likely many more around the globe. Although in healthy individuals infection produces few symptoms, bradyzoites form parasite cysts that remain permanently in host tissues. Recrudesce...
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