yet bacteria having distinct characteristics and resembling somewhat in size and form the bacilli found in glanders were discovered in the intestines and their mucous linings; and this under ...

The discovery could pave the way to starving antibioitc-resistant bacteria without new drugs or harmful chemicals.

In some bacilli, the capsule consists of polypeptides of d-glutamic acid, while in bacteria of Friedlander’s pneumonia, it is a polymer carbohydrate, and in anthrax bacilli, it consists of ...