Salmonella's Sweet Tooth Predicts Its Downfall
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 08:28
in Health & Medicine
For the first time 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.