Crab shell signaling helps control the many faces of cholera, study shows
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
In humans, cholera is among the world's most deadly diseases, killing as many as 140,000 persons a year, according to World Health Organization statistics. But in aquatic environments far away from humans, the same bacterium attacks neighboring microbes with a toxic spear - and often steals DNA from other microorganisms to expand its own capabilities.