• Question: What sort of micro-organisms do you look at most when your trying to find a cure?

    Asked by dynamitefire to Ellie on 25 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Eleanor Turpin

      Eleanor Turpin answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Hi dynamitefire

      I look at a group of bacteria called gram-positive bacteria. All gram-positive bacteria have the same type of cell wall. The antibiotic that I work on damages the cell wall which kills the bacteria. Nasty superbugs such as MRSA and c.diff are gram-positive bacteria so my antibiotic will kill them.

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