Scientists discover dangerous new method for bacterial toxin transfer
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 16:56
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have discovered a new way for bacteria to transfer toxic genes to unrelated bacterial species, a finding that raises the unsettling possibility that bacterial swapping of toxins and other disease-aiding factors may be more common than previously imagined.
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