Cholesterol-busting bug with a taste for waste
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 11:49
in Biology & Nature
A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr Oliver Drzyzga and colleagues isolated the new bug, called Gordonia cholesterolivorans, from sewage sludge.
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