Bacterial Warfare Provides New Antibiotic Target

August 19, 2021 • by Staff Writer
illustration of Psuedomonas bacteria using a 'harpoon' to infect surrounding nearby bacteria

Pseudomonas bacteria use a kind of harpoon to attack nearby bacteria, injecting them with a toxin that targets a critical molecular machine called the transamidosome complex. Credit: Despoina Mavridou/University of Texas at Austin.


Microscope image of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.

Microscope image of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Photo credit: Helga Mikkelsen.

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