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    Startling images show how antibiotic pierces bacteria’s armor

    2025-09-29T09:00:00Z

    Researchers have shown for the first time how life-saving antibiotics called polymyxins pierce the armour of harmful bacteria. They showed how Polymyxin B rapidly caused bumps and bulges to break out on the surface of an E. coli cell, followed by the bacterium shedding its outer armour.