Natural Antibiotic Resists ‘Superbugs’

Natural Antibiotic Resists ‘Superbugs’
Teixobactin is an unusual depsipeptide natural product that was recently discovered from a previously unculturable soil bacterium By H_Ko/Shutterstock
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A newly discovered natural antibiotic, teixobactin, could be effective in treating bacterial lung conditions such as tuberculosis and those commonly associated with COVID-19, according to the new study.

As bacteria evolve, they develop strategies that undermine antibiotics and morph into “superbugs” that can resist most available treatments and cause potentially lethal infections.

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