NEW ANTBIOTICS FROM OLD MICROBES

Grant number: 1105522 | Funding period: 2016 - 2019

Completed

Abstract

Once treatable infections are becoming deadly because bacteria are developing broad antibiotic resistance. New medicines are urgently needed. Microbes themselves are the richest known source of new antibiotics but finding the 'good bugs' is like finding a needle in a microbial haystack. This project will use state-of-the art science to screen a previously overlooked source of rich microbial biodiversity and find new antibiotics.

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