New antibiotics found in leafy bacterial battlegrounds

While we're busy fighting (and possibly losing) a war against superbugs, we might not realize that these organisms are constantly battling each other as well. Researchers from ETH Zurich have found a way to use that to our advantage, by making use of some of the chemical weapons they've developed against each other. In this case, that bacterial battleground is on the surface of thale cress leaves.

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Category: Medical

Tags:

• Antibiotic
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• Bacteria
• Drug
• Drugs
• ETH Zurich
• Micro-organisms
• Superbugs

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