Citrobacter species are Gram-negative members of the Enterobacterales that have emerged as opportunistic pathogens in both community and healthcare settings. They are intrinsically capable of ...

The discovery raises the possibility that some of the roughly two million new cases of colorectal cancer every year around the world originate from brief and seemingly mild food-poisoning events.

Intestinal epithelial cells line the inner wall of the gut, creating a barrier against dangerous bacteria like enteropathogenic E. coli that seek to attach to and destroy this barrier. Such pathogens ...