Principal Investigator
Michael Malamy
Professor
Program Affiliations
Genetics
Molecular Microbiology
Contact Information
Department of Microbiology
Tufts University
136 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
| Office |
(617) 636-6756 |
| Lab |
(617) 636-6757 |
| Fax |
(617) 636-0337 |
| Email |
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Michael.Malamy@tufts.edu |
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Bacteroides fragilis is an anaerobe capable of causing intraperitoneal and intra-abdominal infections. In our lab we strive to identify virulence factors which enable B. fragilis to emerge as the predominant anaerobic bacterial pathogen from the normal flora of human large intestine.
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