Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen causing a spectrum of diseases ranging from mild skin and soft tissue infections to life-threatening conditions. Bloodstream infections are particularly important, and the ...

Staphylococcus aureus y S. epidermidis presentan capacidad de formar biofilm. El biofilm es una matriz polimérica que facilita la supervivencia bacteriana y es codificado por el operon ica que involucra cuatro genes: icaA, ...

Urban river pollution by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria constitutes an important public health concern. Epidemiologically important strains of MDR Escherichia coli transmissible at the human-animal-environment interfaces ...

El patotipo Shigellae comprende bacilos de las especies S. flexneri, S. sonnei, S. boydii y S. dysenteriae, causantes de la enfermedad conocida como disentería bacilar o shigelosis. La patogenicidad del género se caracteriza ...

Many amphibian species are at risk of extinction in their natural habitats due to the presence of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). For the most highly endangered species, captive assurance colonies ...