Landmark study reveals ‘megacluster’ of bacterial genes that produce antibiotics to target rivals (opens in new tab)

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered what they describe as a “megacluster” of genes in Streptomyces bacteria that produces four antibiotics that work together to stop rival bacteria. Published today in the prestigious journal Nature, the new study describes an unusual stretch of DNA that encodes four distinct families of natural product antibiotics, including one compound entirely new to [...] The post appeared first on .