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Polar Growth at the Bacterial Scale Reveals Potential New Targets for Antibiotic Therapy
January 17, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 17 -- Indiana University Bloomington issued the following news release:

An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead of uniform, dispersed growth along the long axis of the cell -- that could have implications in the development of new antibacterial strategies.

Based on past detailed studies of rod-sh . . .

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