Archaea can kill bacteria with new antibacterials (IMAGE)

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Archaea can kill bacteria with new antibacterials

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The salt-loving Halalkalibacterium halodurans, growing on a petri dish in the Warnecke lab, is killed by proteins secreted by the archaeon Halogranum salarium.

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Aida Sanchez-Ricol (Warnecke lab) (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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