Colonization by the human and animal parasite, Giardia, changed the species composition of the mouse microbiome in a way that might be harmful, report researchers. Colonization by the human and animal ...

We describe a patient with postsurgical anaerobic meningitis due to Peptostreptococcus magnus. In cases of meningitis associated with Peptostreptococcus species reported in the literature, the most ...

New research due to be presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* shows a link between blood infections with certain anaerobic bacteria and ...

Anaerobic isolates were tested for bacterial inhibitory activity. Of 144 isolates, 102 were from oropharyngeal washings, and 42 were from clinical specimens. Thirteen facultative bacterial species ...

Some 3.5 billion years ago, a single-celled organism now named LUCA (for the Last Universal Common Ancestor of all life on Earth) developed the ability to pull oxygen out of its environment. Although ...