Meanings
- uncountablemedicineAn antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens.
Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.
2015 January 22, Losee L. Ling et. at., “A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance”, in Nature, volume 517, number 7535, page 4552 more examples
As we finished writing this book, a study published online in the journal Nature reported the discovery of teixobactin, a new antibiotic derived from previously unculturable soil bacteria.
2015, David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and HealthScientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, have successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin – the world's first known antibiotic capable of destroying 'drug resistant' bacteria.
2016 April 27, Elizabeth Allen, “UK scientists pioneer synthetic forms of 'game-changing' antibiotic”, in phys.org
Origin
- Ancient Greekτεῖχος“wall”
- Englishteixobactin
Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -bactin, pertaining to a cell wall (broken down by the antibiotic).
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