Considering the ever-growing percentage of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, interest in medical use of plasma is increasing. In collaboration with colleagues from Kiel, researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) investigated if bacteria may become impervious to plasmas, too. They identified 87 genes of the bacterium Escherichia coli, which potentially protect against effective components of plasma. ‘These genes provide insights into the antibacterial mechanisms of plasmas,’ says Marco Krewing.
Source: EurekaAlert, https://www.eurekalert.org