Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire Researchers have discovered that antibiotics made by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
bacteria also serve as molecular snorkels that help the bacteria
breathe even when buried in mucus or squeezed into the middle of a
colony. The finding was reported by MIT researchers Lars Dietrich
and Dianne Newman December 16 at the annual meeting of the American
Society for Cell Biology. It reveals a new role for antibiotics
produced by bacteria, which scientists previously |