Science Illustrated

... search for resistant bacteria

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Antibiotic­s are not efficient against infections with multiresis­tant bacteria. So, scientists will teach the Bdellovibr­io bacteriovo­rus to attack more than 100 disease- causing bacteria such as MRSA. The predatory bacterium lives in the ground, where it eats other bacteria from within. It is harmless to body cells, but has not learned how to spare the body’s good bacteria.

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