Promising antibiotic discovered in microbial ‘dark matter’ : Nature News & Comment

New class of antibiotic found in dirt could prove resistant to resistance - The Washington Post
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Promising antibiotic discovered in microbial ‘dark matter’ : Nature News & Comment
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Potential drug kills pathogens such as MRSA — and was discovered by mining ’unculturable’ bacteria.

BBC News - Antibiotics: US discovery labelled ’game-changer’ for medicine
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30657486

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“Here is an antibiotic that essentially evolved to be free of resistance,” said Prof Lewis. "We haven’t seen that before.

“It has several independent different tricks that minimise resistance development.”