'Superhero' Microbiome Bacteria Protect against Deadly Symptoms during Infection (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

'Superhero' Microbiome Bacteria Protect against Deadly Symptoms during Infection

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Salk scientists find a strain of E. coli bacteria (left) that were able to stop muscle wasting in mice infected with either Salmonella Typhimurium (center) and Burkholderia thailandensis (right).

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