Bacteria Hijack Host Cell Process, Create Their Own Food Supply to Become Infectious

Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 10:31 in Biology & Nature

Bacteria that cause the tick-borne disease anaplasmosis in humans create their own food supply by hijacking a process in host cells that normally should help kill the pathogenic bugs, scientists have found.

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