Small molecules control bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Cholera bacteria under the microscope. Image: Kai Papenfort/Uni Jena - Jena research team discovers molecule that influences the resistance of cholera bacteria Life Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine by providing effective treatments for infectious diseases such as cholera. But the pathogens that cause disease are increasingly developing resistance to the antibiotics that are most commonly used. Scientists at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany have discovered a molecule that influences the antibiotic-resistance of cholera bacteria. They have published their results in the scientific journal "Nature Communications". Bacteria are not helpless against attacks. Antibiotics work in different ways.