• Question: With the bacteria, have you ever been able to create something to 'stop them'

    Asked by u11ordmcdermottf to Glyn on 11 Mar 2013.
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      Glyn Barrett answered on 11 Mar 2013:


      Good question! Stopping the bad bacteria living on plants is what I really want to do! There are many ways already known to stop bacteria and the most important is prevention. So stopping them getting there in the first place.
      I work with lots of different chemicals and antibiotics which stop and kill many bacteria and I am also working on finding a virus which can kill bacteria. These virus killing bacteria are called “bacteriophage” which means “bacteria-eater”. They don’t affect humans which is good!

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