New Antibiotic Discovered in Technician’s Garden Kills Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Researchers have recently identified a novel antibiotic, lariocidin, isolated from soil samples collected in a laboratory technician's garden. This discovery, detailed in Nature, highlights the potential of environmental microbiomes as sources for new antimicrobial agents.
Lariocidin, produced by a species of Paenibacillus, exhibits a distinctive lass…