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Predatory bacteria could make antibiotics

Bug-eating bugs destroy life-threatening biofilms.

Little-known predatory bacteria can suck out the innards of bugs that cause lethal lung infections, microbiologists have shown, raising the hope that they might one day provide an alternative to conventional antibiotics.

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Posted by Helen Pearson on May 23, 2006 05:44 PM |

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