Primary Recipient

BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

Amount

$51,710.00

Award Date

6/18/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

How do amoebae detect and kill bacteria? Free-living amoebae prey upon diverse species of microbes in nature, including some that infect humans. The antagonistic dynamics of this processG??microbial resistance and amoeba counter-resistanceG??has led to