Abstract

TEIXOBACTIN: THE POTENTIAL TO BE A BIG DEAL AGAINST GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

*Dr. Gopal Kumar

Abstract

The greatest challenge in medicine today, threatening mankind is the resurfacing of previously eradicated deadly bacterial diseases due to the antibiotic resistance. Approximately 99% of all species in external environments are uncultured (do not grow under laboratory conditions), and are a promising source of new antibiotics.[1] Using a device called the iChip, which makes it possible to study bacteria that cannot normally survive under lab conditions, the researchers discovered a type of Gram negative bacteria, Eleftheria terrae that produce the antibiotic teixobactin. Ling et al.[2] were able to isolate teixobactin by using the tool, the iChip, which was used to screen for compounds from antibiotic-producing soil microorganisms with activity against Staphylococcus aureus.

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