Breakthrough could help combat superbugs

Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects **bacteria** against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like **C. difficile and MRSA**. All bacteria have tiny channels in their walls which operate like the valve on a pressure cooker – they open to release material when the pressure in a **bacterial cell** gets too great. If the **channel** didn't open to relieve pressure the bacteria would explode and die. More "physorg":[ http://www.physorg.com/news139234178.html]

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