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I wonder if the chemicals produced by the bacteria could be synthesized and made into a useful medicine. Perhaps useful for immunocompromised patients?
by coupdejarnac 13y ago
I wonder if the chemicals produced by the bacteria could be synthesized and made into a useful medicine. Perhaps useful for immunocompromised patients?
- forktheif 13y agoThat's where a lot of antibiotics come from. Antibiotics that have names ending in -mycin often come from bacteria.
- JulianMorrison 13y agoI wonder if human-caused antibiotic resistance turns around and harms the critters who were originally using that antibiotic as self defense?
- BrandonMarc 13y agoThanks for that. Is it also true that those ending in -icillin (amoxicillin, penicillin, etc) come from fungi - a major competitor to bacteria? Or am I mistaken?
- deeths 13y agoI'm uncertain if anyone is synthesizing this particular bacteria's antibiotic, but there's some research in using it as a natural insecticide: http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Photorhabdus_luminescens http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Photorhabdus_lumines...