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The big breakthrough with penicillin wasn't discovery it was mass production. Many fungal species produce it, but it took an extensive search to find one that p
by InclinedPlane 8y ago
The big breakthrough with penicillin wasn't discovery it was mass production. Many fungal species produce it, but it took an extensive search to find one that produced a lot of it and then "genetic engineering" (via mutagenesis) to produce a variant which made enough to make the whole thing feasible.
- tcbawo 8y agoPerhaps to combat drug resistance to human-facing bacteria, we should be promoting resistance in bacteria that infect fungi. Eventually, nature may lead us to the next step in the arms race.