Unique Antibiotic Cripples Superbugs Like MRSA

A potential new antibiotic is highly effective against “superbugs” such as methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA), which is resistant to many existing antibiotics, Michael Le Page reported for New Scientist.

Photo Insert: The antibiotic kills methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus (MRSA).

This antibiotic kills bacteria in an unusual way and makes them extremely difficult to develop resistance. This characteristic makes the antibiotic a leading candidate to be a broad-spectrum drug against various types of bacteria.

The antibiotic, clovibactin, was discovered in a rare bacterium isolated from sandy soil collected in North Carolina. Markus Weingarth at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and his colleagues have been studying how it works, with promising results.

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