The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures has added the syphilis pathogen to its ...

Treponema pallidum is the bacterium responsible for syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection that has seen a resurgence in many parts of the world. Understanding how this pathogen interacts with ...

Leibniz Institute DSMZ provides bacterium from laboratory animal-free cultivation ...

Until now, the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum could only be propagated in laboratory animals, especially rabbits. Researchers from the United States have developed a method that ...

This is in part because the bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum, “is fragile to work with,” said Cameron. “So, you can't use regular experimental methods to work with it.” Because of ...

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. It affects people of all genders and is transmitted through direct contact with syphilitic chancres ...

Of the patients, 67 percent are men. A patient develops syphilis after being infected with Treponema pallidum, a bacterium. The bacterium is transmissible through intercourse, kissing and other ...

In addition, the disease is difficult to diagnose and often repeated blood tests are needed.Until now scientists have been unable to keep Treponema pallidum, the bacterium which causes syphilis ...

Caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, the contagious infection is usually spread by sexual activity but can also be passed on by kissing. Syphilis patients may develop sores on their ...