Mechanism of Bacterial Infection in Legionnaire’s disease
Tempo di lettura: < 1 minutoIn addition to infecting humans, this bacteria also infects amoebae, single-celled eukaryotes; it is this unique ability to cross such a wide evolutionary gap that piqued the interest of Craig Roy, associate professor of microbial pathogenesis. “L.pneumophila learned to replicate in amoebae. It never coevolved with mammals, so its ability to replicate in humans suggested to…