Fish slime: An untapped source of potential new antibiotics

Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 10:50 in Biology & Nature

As current antibiotics dwindle in effectiveness against multidrug-resistant pathogens, researchers are seeking potential replacements in some unlikely places. Now a team has identified bacteria with promising antibiotic activity against known pathogens — even dangerous organisms, such as the microbe that causes MRSA infections — in the protective mucus that coats young fish. The researchers will […]

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