NEW MOLECULE WHICH KILLS DRUG- RESISTANT BACTERIA DISCOVERED!
NEW MOLECULE WHICH KILLS DRUG- RESISTANT BACTERIA DISCOVERED! Lariocidin. Credit: Clouds Hil Imaging Ltd/ Science Photo Library Scientists have discovered a new antibiotic that kills bacteria resistant to commercial drugs that are not toxic to humans! This molecule was discovered in soil samples at a laboratory technician's garden. How was this molecule exactly discovered? How does it kill bacteria? What does this discovery mean for us? Let's find out together! How was this molecule discovered? Gerry Wright, a chemical biologist at McMaster University in Canada, and his colleagues were determined to find out other ways that microbes eliminate pathogens. They gathered soil samples in Petri dishes with growth medium and stored them for a year. Afterward, they exposed the microbes from these samples to E. coli. E. coli is a bacterium that infects the Gastrointestinal ...
