Researchers discover why plague is so lethal
Monday, May 5, 2008 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague may be more virulent than their close relatives because of a single genetic mutation, according to research published in the May issue of the journal Microbiology. 'The plague bacterium Yersinia pestis needs calcium in order to grow at body temperature. When there is no calcium available, it produces a large amount of an amino acid called aspartic acid,' said Professor Brubaker from the University of Chicago, USA...
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