Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
For the first time UK scientists have shown what the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on to survive as it causes infection: glucose. Their discovery of Salmonella's weakness for sugar could provide a new way to vaccinate against it. The discovery could also lead to vaccine strains to protect against other disease-causing bacteria, including superbugs.
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