Brian Austin. British biologist Professor Brian Austin,who has identified a new antibiotic from seaweed that kills resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. He holds two petri dish cultures of bacteria. At left is the deadly MRSA bacterium (Myocillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) that is resistant to all other agents. At right is an antidote to MRSA obtained from Fucus sp. seaweed. This antidote is not seaweed itself but a bacteria (Planococcus sp.) from the seaweed which produces a new antibiotic chemical. Tests show MRSA,which infects wounds in hospital patients,is killed by this natural seaweed agent. Research conducted at Heriot-Watt University,Edinburgh,Scotland | |
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