
Not All Desulfovibrio Are Alike: The Bacterium That Might Protect Rather Than Harm
Not All Desulfovibrio Are Alike: The Bacterium That Might Protect Rather Than Harm
A microbe long discussed as a possible Parkinson’s villain turns out to be a far more complicated character. In a worm model of the disease, one Desulfovibrio strain from the environment looked almost protective, while a strain isolated from a Parkinson’s patient was among the most damaging.