Researchers discover how microbes build a powerful antibiotic

Sunday, October 26, 2014 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

Researchers report in the journal Nature that they have made a breakthrough in understanding how a powerful antibiotic agent is made in nature. Their discovery solves a decades-old mystery, and opens up new avenues of research into thousands of similar molecules, many of which are likely to be medically useful.

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