Published in Science Advances · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers have discovered a unique 'gateway' that pneumococcus uses to steal manganese from the body, offering new potential therapies against antibiotic-resistant pathogen. Starving the bacterium of this essential nutrient could prevent it from causing disease.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Starving pneumonia-causing bacteria of its favourite “food” holds promise for new antibiotics University of Melbourne · Aug 6, 2021 · first to report
- Closing the gate on manganese could open doors to new drugs to treat pneumonia DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory · Aug 30, 2021