Vanderbilt researchers discovery pathogen dessication tolerance mechanism (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt researchers discovery pathogen dessication tolerance mechanism

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Erin Green, PhD, and Eric Skaar, PhD, MPH, led studies to explore how Acinetobacter baumannii tolerates water loss. They found that the bacterium produces hydrophilin proteins that protect it, and that this quality can be transferred to other proteins and bacteria.

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