Cholera is a deadly bacterial disease that kills about 95,000 people every year. Vibrio cholerae bacteria infect cells in the small intestine, which the bacteria can do in part due to their ...
Fitnat Yıldız, distinguished professor of microbiology and environmental toxicology. (Photo by Elena Zhukova) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded microbiology and environmental ...
A key feature of this process is natural competence, the ability of bacteria to take up free DNA from their surroundings. V. cholerae becomes naturally competent when it grows on chitinous surfaces, a ...