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Bacterial hitchhikers can give their hosts super strength
- February 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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A Dartmouth study finds that molecular hitchhikers living within bacteria can make their hosts extra resistant to medical treatment by corralling them into tightly packed groups. The findings introduce a previously unknown avenue through which bacterial infections can become more difficult to treat, the researchers say.
Originally published at Phys.org