Philippe GAUDU
Thierry FRANZA
Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is a Gram-positive bacterium causing mastitis in dairy cattle and a human commensal colonizing c.a. 30% of healthy adults (gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts). GBS can cause serious infections, most of which affect pregnant women, newborns and elderly alduts. Our group has demonstrated that, in addition to direct effects of […]
Sandrine TRUCHET
Philippe NOIROT
Priscilla CARDOSO
Michel GOHAR
Christina NIELSEN LEROUX
Main positions : Main areas of research : At Pasteur Institute : mode of action and mechanisms of resistance (toxin- gut receptors interactions) of bacterial toxins from Bacillus sphaericus used for bio-control of mosquito larvae. At INRAE, Micalis Institute my research is focusing on the identification and function of virulence and adaptation factors of Bacillus cereus (Bc) and Bacilllus thuringiensis (Bt) (bio-insecticide) […]
Didier LERECLUS
Qi PENG
Isabelle POQUET
Current projects Clostridioides difficile, a spore-forming anaerobe is a major entero-pathogen responsible for healthcare-associated and community-acquired infections, and also animal infections. It causes post-antibiotics diarrheae and colitis, which are difficult to treat and often recurring. C. difficile in vitro biofilms are studied in order to investigate and better understand their potential role of persistence notably […]