Cause of antibiotic resistance identified

Bacteria can change form in human body, hiding the cell wall inside themselves to avoid detection. The cell wall is often the antibiotic target - so if bacteria are concealing it inside themselves antibiotics have no target. New osmoprotective detection methods are needed to be used to identify any L-form bacteria. Research also showed that L-form bacteria can revert back to walled bacteria - within 5 hours.

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