They find an antidote to superbugs in medicinal soils

Called Streptomyces sp. myrophorea, the new strain was discovered by an international team of scientists in an area of ​​alkaline grbadlands in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, called Boho Highlands.

During exploration, Streptomyces inhibited the growth of four of the six major multidrug-resistant pathogens identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as responsible for infections badociated with medical care [19659003] Among these, Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus aureus, resistant to vancomycin and Acinetobacter baumanii, to carbenepenem, The experts noted

In addition, they added, disables Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, which differ in the structure of their cell wall; In general, Gram-negative bacteria are more resistant to antibiotics.

According to one of the authors, Paul Dyson, this discovery is an important step forward in the fight against the invulnerability of drugs against infections.

Our results show that it is interesting to study folklore and traditional medicines in the search for new antibodies, added an academic from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Swansea.

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