Scientists have warned that the prevalence of Vibrio in seafood is expected to increase because of climate change. An assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) anticipated that the ...

New research has led to the discovery of a pH-induced structural mechanism of membrane remodeling caused by the protein MakA, a subunit of the recently described alpha-pore-forming toxin from the ...

The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.

In the first nine months of the current Iranian year, which started in March 2025, five cholera cases have been identified in the country, according to the health ministry.

Vibrio cholerae presents a unique model of bacterial genome organisation through its bipartite genome, comprising two distinct chromosomes that replicate in a carefully orchestrated manner. The ...

Researchers have looked at the presence of certain foodborne pathogens in seafood collected in Turkey. The study examined levels of coliform bacteria, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio ...

The world is still in its seventh cholera pandemic, which has been surging since 2021, and case rates in various countries continue to be high. The disease is usually caused when water or food ...

Like other organisms, bacteria have to take nutrients up from the environment and use them in various metabolic processes, which have long been thought to be controlled by gene expression. But the ...

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection. On the left, a Vibrio cholerae strain that produces the antimicrobial MvcC (center) ...

New research from EPFL, Switzerland, offers fresh insights into how some gut bacteria protect themselves against deadly cholera infection opening doors for the design of probiotic strains that can ...