Researchers decode new antibiotic
Cooperation between the University of Bonn, the USA and the Netherlands cracks the mode of action of clovibactin
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Cooperation between the University of Bonn, the USA and the Netherlands cracks the mode of action of clovibactin
"We urgently need new antibiotics to combat bacteria that become increasingly resistant to most clinically used antibiotics."
Researchers have derived an antibiotic from microbes living in the sandy soil of North Carolina. Because it works completely differently than others before it, clovibactin might help turn the tide in the battle against today's nastiest superbugs.
A much-needed new kind of antibiotic can kill bacteria such as MRSA and works in a way that makes it extremely difficult for resistance to evolve
Scientists are finally getting a grip on how a class of last-resort antibiotics works — the drugs kill bacteria by crystallizing their membranes.