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Rod-shaped bacteria packed inside a cell
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When microbes like Salmonella (green) infect human cells, they overrun the cells’ interiors. Researchers discovered that cells fight back with a detergent-like molecule that kills the bacteria by breaking up their membranes.
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R. Gaudet et al./Science 2021
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When microbes like Salmonella (green) infect human cells, they overrun the cells’ interiors. Researchers discovered that cells fight back with a detergent-like molecule that kills the bacteria by breaking up their membranes.
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Rod-shaped bacteria packed inside a cell