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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
The information on this page has little to do with <i>Bacteroides fragilis</i>. It will be updated over the coming months. Please be patient.<br><br>
<i>Bacteroides fragilis</i> is a Gram-negative bacterium found in the human colon (1). It is responsible for a large number of opportunistic infections in hospitals and contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality (2). <i>B. fragilis</i> is of interest to researchers because of its ability to evade immune responses and evolving drug resistance.
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[[Image:marburgvirus.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Colony of Marburg virus.  Transmission electron microscope image taken by Dr. Tom Geisbert]]
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Introduction

Bacteroides fragilis is a Gram-negative bacterium found in the human colon (1). It is responsible for a large number of opportunistic infections in hospitals and contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality (2). B. fragilis is of interest to researchers because of its ability to evade immune responses and evolving drug resistance.

Colony of Marburg virus. Transmission electron microscope image taken by Dr. Tom Geisbert


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  1. ↑ Hodgkin, J. and Partridge, F.A. "Caenorhabditis elegans meets microsporidia: the nematode killers from Paris." 2008. PLoS Biology 6:2634-2637.
  2. ↑ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.


Edited by James Cawthon, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2019, Kenyon College.

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