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The bacteria developed antibiotics! We just took them from the bacteria.
by epistasis 4y ago
The bacteria developed antibiotics! We just took them from the bacteria.
- ephbit 4y agoWasn't it mostly fungi where humans found antibiotics?
- epistasis 4y agoPenicillin did, but I think a lot of the newer ones were derived from bacteria. But doing a quick web search right now I'm mostly getting potential new antibiotics that came from bacteria, rather than proven antibiotics, so now I'm wondering about the actual bacterial contribution...