Thursday 20 November 2014

Model Bacteria to Understand Other Pathogenic Ones

iCaulobacter crescentus/i bacterium has a developmental process and cellular cycle that can serve as models for a number of pathogenic bacteria. Researchers are studying this to understand other bacteria. They all have in common the use of polysaccharides to create a particularly effective protective envelope, or capsule. Professor Viollier's laboratory at the University of Geneva's (UNIGE) Faculty of Medicine has just unraveled the secrets of capsule formation during the ...

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