Malacidins: a new class of antibiotics isolated from dirt

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Bradley Hover of the Brady lab, recently reported in a Nature Microbiology article the discovery of a new class of calcium-dependent antibiotics isolated from soil samples. This new class, malacidins is reported to display activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens.

The breakthrough discovery has been highlighted in Nature and was also featured in:

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The DFD Team

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