Scientists Discover New Antibiotic in Tropical Forest

  • 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.
  • The bacterium that produces phazolicin, is an unidentified species of Rhizobium.
  • It was found in a tropical forest in Los Tuxtlas, Mexico, in the soil and roots of wild beans called Phaseolus vulgaris, hence the antibiotic's name: phazolicin. ....
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