Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most prevalent cause of bacterial pneumonia, which spreads by respiratory ... or Coccidioides and is often contracted after inhaling fungal spores from the environment.

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is considered to be the main cause of bacterial infectious diarrhea in nosocomial settings. Since the beginning of the new century a continuous rise in the ...

"When they do that, the bacteria multiplies and produces billions of more spores. And those spores can in fact infect other developing bees," said Pernal, who is also the officer-in-charge of the ...

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He says after harvest and in early spring, growers and agronomists should scout fields to determine if they can see any Blackleg spores forming, which is a good indication that disease could be ...