Suicidal bacteria: Biologists study unicellular organisms that occasionally poison themselves with a toxin
Friday, March 15, 2013 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
The cyanobacterium Synechocystis produces toxins that often lead to its own demise. The biologists Stefan Kopfmann and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hess from the University of Freiburg have determined the logic governing this mechanism.. Their findings have been published in the renowned periodicals Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) and Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE).