A team of Australian researchers discovered a mutation in E. coli that enables it to cause severe infections by preventing cellulose production, offering new insights into combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Plants, algae and ‘good’ bacteria make the carbohydrate cellulose, ‘bad’ bacteria can’t. E. coli is the most dominant pathogen associated with bacterial antibiotic resistance.
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