ing antibiotic’s will
hopefully
decrease
the chances of an
antibiotic apocalypse by
enabling
scientists
to
find
new techniques to
develop
the antibiotic’s that
h e a l t h
care systems and
surgery
practices can use to prevent the
spread of disease and risk of operations.
by using specific growth factors.
Texiocbactin, as previously stated,
was discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria. It states “This molecule, which we named teixobactin,
is an unusual depsipeptide which
contains enduracididine, methylphenylalanine, and four D-amino
acids. The biosynthetic gene cluster (GenBank accession number
KP006601) was identified using a
homology search (Supplementary
An article named “A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance8” by Dr. Lewis, outlines the development of several methods to grow uncultured
organisms by cultivation in-situ or
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