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 ...

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 ...

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

They are to prokaryotes what a human is to an amoeba. And while bacteria never form anything more complex than chains or colonies of identical cells, eukaryotic cells aggregate and cooperate to ...