‘Going off the grid’ helps some bacteria hide from antibiotics

Monday, April 25, 2011 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, April 25, 2011 - Call them the Jason Bournes of the bacteria world. Going "off the grid," like rogue secret agents, some bacteria avoid antibiotic treatments by essentially shutting down and hiding until it's safe to come o...

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