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Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel

Salmonella's Favorite Food Could Be Its Achilles' Heel

Science Quickly

July 23, 20142m 36s

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Salmonella's primary fuel source is the molecule fructose-asparagine. Starving it of that fuel in an infected person could kill it without harming beneficial gut bacteria. Karen Hopkin reports 

 

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