Highlights: The active ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an international team of researchers from Venezuela, France, and the US reports in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
– exposure to 6% acetic acid, just slightly more concentrated than supermarket vinegar, for 30 minutes, reduced the numbers of TB mycobacteria from around 100 million to undetectable levels
* Open access journal of the American Society for Microbiology MAR 2014
http://healthresearchreport.me/2014/02/27/vinegar-kills-tuberculosis-and-other-mycobacteria/
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