What makes a bacterial species able to cause human disease?
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 16:01
in Biology & Nature
The first comprehensive, cross-species genomic comparison of all 20 known species of Leptospira, a bacterial genus that can cause disease and death in livestock and other domesticated mammals, wildlife and humans, has now been completed by scientists. The resulting analyses reveal novel adaptations and traits in infectious species of Leptospira that not only help illuminate its evolutionary history, but may also provide new preventive and treatment approaches.