Sunday, 8 July 2012

Jekyll and Hyde bacteria aids or kills, depending on chance

Jekyll and Hyde bacteria aids or kills, depending on chance: East Lansing MI (SPX) Jul 06, 2012



Living in the guts of worms are seemingly innocuous bacteria that contribute to their survival. With a flip of a switch, however, these same bacteria transform from harmless microbes into deadly insecticides. In the current issue of Science, Michigan State University researchers led a study that revealed how a bacteria flips a DNA switch to go from an upstanding community member in the gut micro