Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forests
Scientists have discovered an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium from a Mexican tropical forest that may help lead to a ‘plant probiotic,’ more robust plants and other antibiotics. The new antibiotic, known as phazolicin, prevents harmful bacteria from getting into the root systems of bean plants.
Phazolicin
- The bacterium that produces phazolicin, is an unidentified species of Rhizobium.
- It was found in tropical forests in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, in the soil and roots of wild beans called Phaseolus vulgaris, hence the antibiotic’s name: phazolicin.
- Like other Rhizobia, the phazolicin-producing microbe forms nodules on bean plant roots and provides plants ....
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