A study led by Princeton University researchers found that one of the world's most prolific bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, manages to afflict humans, animals and even plants by way of a ...

The organism can grow in freshwater bodies such as lakes, rivers, and farm dams, backyard garden hoses, spas, and swimming ...

This causes swelling and death. Unlike other common pathogenic freshwater organisms (i.e. pathogenic bacteria), you cannot be infected with this amoeba by drinking contaminated water. In some very ...

Western Australians are being warned about a deadly organism that can lurk in untreated or poorly treated water during a ...