News tagged with vibrio cholerae

Researchers describe how the cholera bacteria becomes infectious

In a new study, Dartmouth researchers describe the structure of a protein called ToxT that controls the virulent nature of Vibrio cholerae, the bacteria that causes cholera. Buried within ToxT, the researchers were surpri ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists reveal how cholera bacterium gains a foothold in the gut

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast