Exciting alternatives to antibiotic use

Research on an essential plant oil component and disabling of a bacterial cell signaling system is about to proceed to the next level. Canadian researchers are making progress in the search for alternatives to antibiotics. Alternatives to antibiotics are needed, for example, to prevent the growth of certain strains of Clostridium perfringens bacterium in the intestine, which produce toxins and cause necrotic enteritis (NE). One antibiotic alternative project inhibits C. perfringens growth direc