Wednesday, January 3, 2018

the not so future sugar additive, Trehalose strengthens Bacteria

Two bacterial strains that have plagued hospitals around the country may have been at least partly fueled by a sugar additive in our food products, scientists say. Trehalose, a sugar that is added to a wide range of food products, has allowed certain strains of Clostridium difficile to become far more virulent than they were before, a new study finds.

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