Antimicrobials: Breaking ground for new antibiotics
Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 186 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2018.27
Author: Andrea Du Toit
Antimicrobial drug discovery has focused on bacteria growing in cultures, but now, Brady and colleagues have developed a culture-independent natural product discovery platform. Using a metagenome-based approach, they analysed >2,000 soil samples from diverse environments and reported the discovery of novel antibiotics, termed malacidins. Malacidins
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Du Toit Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
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