New antibiotic candidate shows promise
In lab and mouse tests, novel compound kills staph, TB microbes and other bacteria
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MICROBE KILLER An antibiotic candidate called teixobactin is made by the naturally occurring soil bacterium Eleftheria terrae, shown here.
William Fowle/Northeastern Univ.