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(medicine) An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens..
Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.
As we finished writing this book, a study published online in the journal Nature reported the discovery of teixobactin, a new antibiotic derived from previously unculturable soil bacteria.
Scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, have successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin – the world's first known antibiotic capable of destroying 'drug resistant' bacteria.
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Teixobactin means (medicine) An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens..
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Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.
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