Many drugs, including the antibiotic streptomycin, are derived from soil microbes called actinomycetes. Lately, however, scientists have been wondering whether they have wrung out all of the drugs possible from these bacteria.
MICROBE MEDICINE? These lab dishes contain a dozen new strains of bacteria that may harbor medicinal chemicals.
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