Microcins Combat Cholera

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Newly discovered antimicrobial could prevent or treat cholera

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Newly discovered antimicrobial could prevent or treat cholera.

Natural antimicrobials called microcins are produced by bacteria in the gut and show promise in fighting infection.

University of Texas at Austin researchers identify first known microcin that targets the strains of bacteria that cause the deadly diarrheal disease.

Microcins can still be effective against pathogens that have developed antibiotic resistance.

This research was supported by The Welch Foundation , the National Institutes of Health , the U.S. Army Research Office and Tito 's Handmade Vodka .

" Microcin biology is very unique and extremely understudied," Claus Wilke , a UT professor of integrative biology and statistics and data sciences, said.

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