Doctors in the tropical countries are raising concerns for the increasing immunity in bacteria. They point out that ‘hospital superbugs’ are comparatively more immuned to antibiotics than others. No more worries. Soil bacteria from South Africa have come to kill al those resistant, disease-causing bugs.



The bacterium of the soil, Streptomyces platensis produces an antibiotic Platensimycin, which for the first time is capable of killing bacteria. This happens as the antibiotic prevents the bacteria from making vital fatty acids. Two of the most common hospital superbugs, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci that infect mice got cured without any apparent side effects.



Via: New Scientist 20240