A new study from Oregon Health & Science University has uncovered how small molecules within bacteria interact with ... important processes such as cell growth, division and gene expression ...

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Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic used to treat infections such as pneumonia and bacteremia. The gene MCR-1 makes Escherichia coli resistant to the drug, but it also lowers the bacteria’s fitness.

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The researchers even saw the same result with bacteria in synthetic polymers. Although the initial motivation for the study was to better understand the growth of infections in patients with ...