Antibiotics. (Cover story)

• Autores: Jessica Snyder Sachs
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 301, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 75-75
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the development of antibiotics and how drug molecules may have evolved to aid bacteria in communicating with each other. Topics include where most medically important antibiotics originate from, research by microbiologist Julian Davies and colleagues investigating the bacteria genes exposed to low-dose antibiotics, and how antibiotics may aid bacteria in biofilm formation, swarming, and interactions with their hosts.