What is good for you is bad for infectious bacteria
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 15:00
in Biology & Nature
Plants are able to protect themselves from most bacteria, but some bacteria are able to breach their defences. In research to be published in Science on Friday, scientists have identified the genes used by some strains of the bacterium Pseudomonas to overwhelm defensive natural products produced by plants of the mustard family, or crucifers.