 ...ble to interventions that target iron," said Yukihiro Kaneko, one of the author's of the current study and a senior fellow in microbiology at the University of Washington.
The similarity of iron and gallium made the researchers use the latter as a Trojan horse to 'draw' the bacteria to it. Being lured to gallium, the bacteria will try to use it, but there will be no effect, as despite their similarity, the two metals hav... |
