Cholera pathogen reveals how bacteria generate energy to live.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 January 2007-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Cholera pathogen reveals how bacteria generate energy to live(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29012007 Troy, N.Y. - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered new details about how bacteria generate energy to live.

In two recently published papers, the scientists add key specifics to the molecular mechanism behind the pathogen that causes cholera. The work could provide a better understanding of this pathogen, while also offering insight into how cells transform energy from the environment into the forms required to sustain life. As a single-cell organism, Vibrio cholerae depends on resources in its immediate environment to sustain itself. Blanca Barquera,...