Study finds sensing mechanism in food poisoning bug
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 08:31
in Health & Medicine
DALLAS – July 5, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have uncovered a mechanism that a type of pathogenic bacteria found in shellfish use to sense when they are in the human gut, where they release toxins that cause food poisoning. The researchers studied Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a globally spread, Gram-negative bacterium that contaminates shellfish […]