Polymyxins Turn Cell Membranes Into Breakable Crystals
To eliminate drug-resistant bacteria, “last-resort” antibiotics borrow a method from Medusa’s playbook: petrification. New high-resolution microscope pictures show that a class of antibiotics called polymyxins crystallizes bacteria’s cell membranes. The honeycomb-shaped crystals that form transform the microorganisms’ normally supple skins of fat molecules right into thin brittle sheets, researchers report October 21 in Nature Communications. […]
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