Houseplant pest gives clue to potential new anthrax treatment

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 07:07 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found how a citric acid-based Achilles heel used by a pathogen that attacks the popular African Violet house plant could be exploited not just to save African Violets but also to provide a potentially effective treatment for Anthrax.

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