Scientists have warned that the prevalence of Vibrio in seafood is expected to increase because of climate change. An assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) anticipated that the ...

Bacteria have an immune system that protects them against viruses known as bacteriophages. A research team from the Universities of Tübingen and Würzburg has now shown how this immune system enhances ...

The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countries continue to be high. The disease is usually caused when water or food ...

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by infection of the intestine with Vibrio cholerae. People can get sick when they swallow food or water contaminated with cholera bacteria. A new study ...

Researchers have looked at the presence of certain foodborne pathogens in seafood collected in Turkey. The study examined levels of coliform bacteria, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio ...

Vibrio cholerae presents a unique model of bacterial genome organisation through its bipartite genome, comprising two distinct chromosomes that replicate in a carefully orchestrated manner. The ...

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection. On the left, a Vibrio cholerae strain that produces the antimicrobial MvcC (center) ...

New research from EPFL, Switzerland, offers fresh insights into how some gut bacteria protect themselves against deadly cholera infection opening doors for the design of probiotic strains that can ...

New research has led to the discovery of a pH-induced structural mechanism of membrane remodeling caused by the protein MakA, a subunit of the recently described alpha-pore-forming toxin from the ...