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Science 23 February 2007:
Vol. 315. no. 5815, pp. 1082 - 1083
DOI: 10.1126/science.1139628
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Mayhem in the Lung

Barbara C. Kahl, Georg Peters

Insights on how a lethal strain of bacteria causes necrotic pneumonia may guide development of drugs and vaccines that combat dangerous respiratory pathogens.

The authors are in the Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Domagkstrasse 10, D-49149 Münster, Germany. E-mail: georg.peters{at}uni-muenster.de

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