Macrophages are immune cells that are known to engulf pathogens and destroy them by employing several mechanisms, including oxidative burst, induction of Fe(II) and Mn(II) efflux, and through ...

Next-generation drugs against the sometimes fatal disease amebiasis could result from a RIKEN researcher's new strategy targeting a source of iron that an infectious protozoan parasite needs to ...

Humankind's remotest relative is a very rare micro-organism from south-Norway. The discovery may provide an insight into what life looked like on earth almost one thousand million years ago.

Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, can survive within the ubiquitous soil protozoan, the amoeba, by producing proteins that protect against the latter microbe's digestion, ...

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Protozoa are small, single-celled organisms that live in moist environments, such as ponds, swamps, and soils. They can survive themselves or sometimes live as a parasite inside the plants or animals.

There are many kinds of infections that happen to human beings. People infected with different infections, react differently to diseases and symptoms caused by it. Some infections are common and ...

Future Microbiol. 2013;8(10):1257-1264. Overall, metallomics of pathogenicity, innate immunity and protozoan grazing will be a rapidly growing field in the coming years with a few unexpected surprises ...

A safe and effective drug against a parasitic amoeba could come from a new approach that exploits the parasite’s need for iron Next-generation drugs against the sometimes fatal disease amebiasis could ...