Bacteria may be powerful weapon against antibiotic resistance
- Written by Terence Crofts, Post Doctoral Trainee of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St Louis
Bacteria in the dish on the left are sensitive to antibiotics in the paper discs. The ones on the right are resistant to four of the seven antibiotics.Dr. Graham Beards, CC BY-SA
When I was a child, my parents gave me a sweet pink syrup to destroy the bacteria causing my sore throat. That memory is a testament to the power of antibiotics. But,...
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