Filming Bacterial Life in Multicolor as a New Diagnostic and Antibiotic Discovery Tool, Indiana University Study

An international team of scientists led by Indiana University chemist Michael S. VanNieuwenhze and biologist Yves Brun has discovered a revolutionary new method for coloring the cell wall of bacterial cells to determine how they grow, in turn providing a new, much-needed tool for the development of new antibiotics. Discovery of the new method is expected to broadly impact both basic and applied research tied to understanding, controlling, or preventing bacterial cell growth in specific environments, said the two scientists in IU Bloomington's College of Arts and Sciences.