A brief introduction to how scientists prove that an infectious agent is a cause of disease. It discusses Koch's postulates using the imaginary disease chocolatitis and the imaginary organism Chocolobacter as an example.
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A new survey published by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the American Association for the Advancement of Science checks the pulse of how scientists and the public view the field of science. For example:
17% of the public thinks that U.S. scientific achievements rate a... Read More On episode #111 of the podcast This Week in Virology, the TWiV crew meets with members of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District at Florida Gulf Coast University to discuss dengue in Florida and how to co... Read More
Posting my paper "Stalking the Fourth Domain in Metagenomic Data: Searching for, Discovering, and Interpreting Novel, Deep Branches in Marker Gene Phylogenetic Trees" as a resources to Microbe World.
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On episode #63 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about US government contract for freeze-dried smallpox vaccine, red squirrels in the UK threatened by poxvirus, and Marseillev... Read More Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases. Host links: Read More Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt and Read More Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cel... Read More 
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a fatal disorder of unknown etiology. The disease involves degeneration of motor neurons, leading to paralysis, respiratory failure, and death within five years. A viral etiology for ALS has been ...
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Hosts: Stanley Maloy, Margaret McFall-Ngai, <... Read More
Detailed antibiotic inhibitory data of licensed drugs on the major markets of Europe, Japan and USA is now available in one database on the internet. The database is named AmicBase Drugs-Online 2011 and is published for information and educational purposes. This service is free. Click source to ...
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The June 2001 issue of Microbe magazine is now online, including the feature article
Bat White-Nose Syndrome in North America by David S. Blehert, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Anne E. Ballmann, Paul M. Cryan, and Carol U. Meteyer Since 2007, infections by a previously unrecognized, perhaps imported... Read More
Scientists studying Staphylococcus bacteria, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), have discovered a potent staph toxin responsible for disease severity. They also found the gene for the toxin traveling with a genetic component of Staphylococcus that controls resistance to antibiotic...
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Franklin M. Harold, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington has authored an interesting guest post on www.SmallThingsConsidered.us that examines the process of cell structural organization and assembly:
"Structural organization is one of the most conspicuous features of cells, a... Read More
The science of metagenomics has uncovered that viruses are the most abundant and genetically diverse organisms on earth. In an article published in Microbiology Today, Peter Simmons from the Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, discusses how discoveries of new viruses are pro...
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The NIH Human Microbiome Project, initiated in 2008, is a five-year endeavor at capacity building and creating a community resource to support this emerging field. As a part of developing community resources, the HMP is announcing: 1) key findings on a very large study of the microbiomes of heal...
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