Sunday 9 November 2014

'Mushroom Antibiotic' That Kills Bacteria Discovered

A new protein with antibiotic properties that kills bacteria has been identified in a mushroom by scientists. The new agent in fungi, discovered Microbiologists and molecular biologists at ETH Zurich and the University of Bonn, known as copsin has the same effect as traditional antibiotics, but belongs to a different class of biochemical substances. Copsin is a protein, whereas traditional antibiotics are often non-protein organic compounds. Led by Markus ...

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