Is anybody trying to evolve improved antibiotics? I'm talking about screening different lines of an antibiotic-producing organism and imposing selection based on the effectiveness of the antibiotics they make. Occasional exposure to a mutation promoter may be helpful.
Evolving Improved Antibiotics
6 October 2010
Is anybody trying to evolve improved antibiotics? I'm talking about screening different lines of an antibiotic-producing organism and imposing selection based on the effectiveness of the antibiotics they make. Occasional exposure to a mutation promoter may be helpful.
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