Tufts University, Program in Molecular Microbiology

Malamy Laboratory

[Program Faculty | Department Faculty]

Anaerobic Pathogens

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
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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.

Tufts University Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Program in Molecular Microbiology
136 Harrison Avenue / Boston, MA 02111 / (617) 636-6750