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Scientists seeking
fungus solution
discover antibiotic
United States Department of
Agriculture scientists searching for
natural compounds to control fungi
in plants have stumbled onto new
antibiotics that control
streptococcus and staphylococcus
bacteria.
Agricultural Research Service
scientists at Lane, Oklahoma, and
College Station; Texas say they
have discovered a family of
antimicrobial compounds unrelated
to penicillin that have potent
antimicrobial activity.
They made their find while
looking for microbial compounds
to control diseases like root rot in
muskmelon and watermelon plants.
The discovery could solve the
problem of growing bacterial
resistance to antibiotics like
Penicillin. Up to 80 per cent of
staphylococcus strains are now
resistant to penicillin and its
derivative forms — antibiotics that
have added 20 years to the average
human life expectancy.
The scientists have isolated six
compounds that they say exhibit
some degree of antibiotic activity
against a broad spectrum of
bacteria that concern agricultural
and health professionals. The
compounds varied in their
selectivity and ability to retard
growth or kill important bacterial
pathogens.
Three of the compounds
exhibited excellent activity against
the types of staphylococcus and
streptococcus that cause diseases in
humans. Scientists say one of the
six compounds exhibited strong
antibiotic activity against all seven
bacterial species tested.
The scientists say some of their
compounds may be as good as, or
better than, commercial antibiotics
at resisting bacterial infections and
could be of considerable interest to
the pharmaceutical industry.°
— Source: United States Dept. of
Agriculture press release
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