Toxic Radius (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

Toxic Radius

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The researchers placed tiny droplets of 25 newly discovered antibiotics on a carpet of beta-lactam resistant S. aureus. They identified two compounds that generated circles of dead bacteria (dark spots) around each droplet.

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Sean Brady

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