▪ Abstract Legionella pneumophila first commanded attention in 1976, when investigators
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified it as the culprit in a massive …

Legionella pneumophila is naturally found in fresh water were the bacteria parasitize within
protozoa. It also survives planctonically in water or biofilms. Upon aerosol formation via man …

Francisella tularensis is one of the most infectious human pathogens known. In the past,
both the former Soviet Union and the US had programs to develop weapons containing the …

The first recognized outbreak of pneumonia due to Legionella pneumophila occurred in
Philadelphia, Pa., in July of 1976 among 180 persons attending the 56th annual American …

The soil amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is a haploid eukaryote that, upon starvation,
aggregates and enters a developmental cycle to produce fruiting bodies. In this study, we …

Iron is a well-established mediator of virulence in several bacterial pathogens, yet little is
known about the role of iron in infectious disease processes caused by obligate intracellular …

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), the principal cause of urinary tract infection in
women, colonizes the gut as well as the genitourinary tract. Studies of mice inoculated with …

The bacterium Legionella pneumophila is the principal etiologic agent of Legionnaires'
disease, a form of lobar pneumonia. Ubiquitous in aquatic environments, the gram-negative …

In order to determine the role of ferrous iron transport in Legionella pathogenesis, we
identified and mutated the feoB gene in virulent Legionella pneumophila strain 130b. As it is …

Publisher Summary The complex contest between bacteria and the mammalian host follows
different game plans that are undertaken to ensure the survival of both the pathogen and the …