Certain small, freshwater animals protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes “stolen” from bacteria, according to new research by a team from the University of Oxford, the University of Stirling and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole. Certain small, freshwater animals protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes “stolen” from bacteria, according to new research by a team from the University of Oxford, the University of Stirling and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole. Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Study shows small animals use ‘stolen’ genes from bacteria to protect against infection
