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Older adults, patients with weakened immune systems, individuals living in long-term facilities, and those with underlying cardiopulmonary disease are at a higher risk of developing severe RSV infection outcomes.
Microbiology Spectrums induces nucleolar enlargement and increased proliferation in B cells by activating the cancer-related gene IMPDH2, study reveals.
Toxic shock syndrome is associated with a life-threatening reaction from the immune system. Probiotics may help prevent the disease before the cytokine cascade ever begins.
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important crop in the world that forms root nodules with diverse rhizobia. Aiming to learning the rhizobial communities associated with common bean in the black soil of Northeast China, 79 rhizobia were isolated from root nodules of two host varieties (Cuican and Jiadouwang) grown in two sites of blackland, and were characterized by comparative sequence analyses of 16S rRNA, recA, atpD, nodC, nifH genes and whole genome. As results, Rhizobium indigoferae, R. anhuiense and R. croatiense as minor groups and three dominant novel Rhizobium species were ide...
A group of scientists at UNSW Sydney have discovered that a type of bacteria known as <i>Aeromonas</i> are the second most prevalent bacterial pathogen found in patients with gastroenteritis.