Live antibiotics use bacteria to kill bacteria
Prescribing a predator could be the answer to multidrug resistance

BACTERIAL COMBATANTS Bdellovibrio bacteria (yellow) attack larger bacteria (blue), using the prey’s remains to replicate. Bdellovibrio microbes are a kind of living antibiotic.
STEPHAN CHRISTOPH SCHUSTER
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