We hypothesize that similar bacteria-killing mechanisms are found in predatory protozoa/amoeba species. Here, we present a brief summary of soft metal-related mechanisms used by macrophages ...

Lakes, rivers, and streams are home to thousands of bacteria. Many of these bacteria are harmless, however fresh water is ...

A study led by Princeton University researchers found that one of the world's most prolific bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, manages to afflict humans, animals and even plants by way of a ...

Light microscope image and illustration of a Thecofilosea amoeba with intracellular Legionellales bacteria ('Ca. Pokemonas kadabra'). The bacteria were stained red by so-called 'fluorescence in ...

The amoeba is known to enter the human body through ... cases of infants locally and in places like Nigeria contracting the infection from bathwater. Since 1965, some 400 cases of PAM have been ...

An Ohio teenager who visited the center in Charlotte, North Carolina earlier this month died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), an infection caused by Naegleria Fowleri, an amoeba found ...