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Clipmarks user mediacare has sent you a clip... Bacteria 'talk' each other to death clipped from www.innovations-report.de A new peptide communication factor enabling bacteria to ‘talk to each other’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Discovery by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers of a new communication factor that enables bacteria to “talk to each other” and causes their death could have significant consequences leading to development of a new class of antibiotic medications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The communication factor formed by Escherichia coli enables the activation of a built-in “suicide module” which is located on the bacterial chromosome and is esponsible for bacterial cell death under stressful conditions. Therefore, the new factor has been designated EDF (Extra-cellular Death Factor). Get Clipmarks - The easiest way to email text, images and videos you find on the web. It's free! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1097 - Release Date: 28/10/2007 13:58 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
