<em>S. epidermidis</em> (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

<em>S. epidermidis</em>

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This is S. epidermidis growing on an agar plate.

A strain of S. epidermidis was shown to produce a molecule that kills cancer cells and inhibits the development of skin tumors on mice.

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UC San Diego Health

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