GOETHE UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT IMAGE: RESEMBLES A BUTTERFLY: ONLY IN ITS DIMER FORM DOES THE MANNITOL-SYNTHESIZING ENZYME OF THE HOSPITAL PATHOGEN ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII PROTECT THE BACTERIUM FROM WATER LOSS AND DESICCATION. CREDIT: KLAAS MARTINUS POS, GOETHE UNIVERSITY FRANKFURT FRANKFURT. Each year, over 670,000 people in Europe fall ill through pathogenic bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics,...
