Research Into Peptide Communication Could Lead To New Class Of Antibiotics

Discovery by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers of a new communication factor that enables bacteria to “talk to each other” and causes their death could have significant consequences leading to development of a new class of antibiotic medications.Bacteria are traditionally considered unicellular organisms. However, increasing experimental evidence indicates that bacteria seldom behave as isolated organisms. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on October 31st, 2007