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Bacteria get a bad rap – especially those that live on or inside humans. Outbreaks of Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes make headlines. Fall comes and we’re told to battle bad germs with hand washing and various disinfectants. Even here we’ve highlighted dangerous antibiotic-resistant…
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most urgent public health problems. In 2019 an estimated 4.95 million people died from illnesses involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi. (In comparison that year 1.51 million individuals died from malaria and HIV/AIDS.) Resistance…
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Immense, colossal, massive – these are words you rarely hear in microbiology. However, they all apply to Thiomargarita magnifica, the most recent bacteria to make headlines. In fact, such adjectives barely do justice to the size of this species. Members of T. magnifica are…
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