Scientists are spelunking for cave gunk to fight superbugs

Monday, May 22, 2017 - 11:21 in Biology & Nature

Science Deep in caverns around the world, bacteria are laboring to make antibiotics we can discover and use for ourselves. Caves are full of microscopic creatures, bacteria and fungi at home in the gloom. These microbes, scientists are discovering, may be an untapped reservoir of new…

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