Research on how intracellular bacteria take control of their hosts is not only informing scientists about how these microbes cause disease, but revealing secrets of mammalian biology, says Mukherjee, ...

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis, a disease characterized by fever, fatigue, and a range of other symptoms. Understanding how E.

Numerous studies indicate that extant endosymbionts originated from ancient pathogenic bacteria that attenuated — or even domesticated — their virulence factors. Adaptation to intracellular ...