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Are the Microbes Making Antibiotics

Not really. If a microbe were to produce an antibiotic, it would decimate their own environment. Instead of producing antibiotics, microbes are producing a protein called bacteriocin, which caseus pores in the bacteria, thus destroying it.

The Right Drug for the Right Bug · May 26th, 2019

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