Microbes may be invisible to the eye, but they are ubiquitous. They are the influential forces behind the regulation of key processes in our environment, for example the carbon cycle. Many microorganisms are not yet...
Effective 1 October 2017 Silke Tannapfel assumed the responsibilities of the Administrative Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig. The former head of the Division for Extramural...
Pathogenic bacteria are becoming resistant to common antibiotics to an ever increasing degree. One of the most difficult germs is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a pathogen that elicits serious infections in humans and is...
German scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) in Braunschweig and Nigerian researchers are applying the new mobile information system for...
Carolacton is a natural product with antibiotic properties that is produced by soil-dwelling microorganisms. Researchers of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) and the Helmholtz Centre...
Salmonellae are dangerous pathogens that enter the body via contaminated food and can cause severe infections. But these bacteria are also known to target tumours and to colonise them. Researchers are aiming to make use...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major pathogen that can cause severe infections in various organs of the human body. The infection becomes particularly harmful when the bacteria agglomerate into biofilms: They do this not...
