Blood-sucking superbug prefers taste of humans

Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:11 in Biology & Nature

'Staph' bacteria feed on blood. They need the iron that's hidden away inside red blood cells to grow and cause infections. It turns out that these microbial vampires prefer the taste of human blood, Vanderbilt University scientists have discovered...

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