Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel

23/07/2014 2 min
Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel

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Episode Synopsis

Salmonella's primary fuel source is the molecule fructose-asparagine. Starving it of that fuel in an infected person could kill it without harming beneficial gut bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports 

 
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