Frederik Hammes

Oct 21, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Marco Gabrielli |Alessio Cavallaro |Frederik Hammes

AbstractLegionellaceae are a large and widespread family of facultative intracellular bacteria with high clinical relevance. While Legionella pneumophila, the most clinically relevant species, is relatively well studied, very limited information is available regarding the other species belonging to this family.

May 4, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Émile Sylvestre |William Rhoads |Timothy R. Julian |Frederik Hammes

The authors have declared no competing interest. ES was funded by postdoctoral fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (558161-2021) and the Fonds de Recherche du Quebec Nature et technologies (303866).

Mar 19, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Alessio Cavallaro |Frederik Hammes |William Rhoads |Marco Gabrielli

AbstractMonitoring the levels of opportunistic pathogens in drinking water is important to plan interventions and understand the ecological niches that allow them to proliferate. Quantitative PCR is an established alternative to culture methods that can provide a faster, higher throughput, and more precise enumeration of the bacteria in water samples.