title: Predatory Bacteria: Moving from Curiosity Towards Curative.
abstract: In a world where infection-causing, pathogenic bacteria are evolving resistance to conventional antibiotics, new solutions are needed. One proposal is the use of predatory bacteria as living antibiotics. Two new papers show that predators are not harmful and can kill pathogens inside live animals, a very positive step forward.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tyson
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. Electronic address: liz.sockett@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Sockett
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000898:Antibiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents