Modified Antibiotics to Combat Gram-Negative Bacteria

A drug that kills only gram-positive bacteria has been modified by a research team from the University of Illinois to develop antibiotics that are increasingly drug-resistant microbes.

modified antibiotics could overcome gram-negative bacteria
some key traits necessary for antibiotic modification
- compounds should have amine group
- must be fairly rigid
- should have low globularity

Modified Antibiotics to Combat Gram-Negative Bacterial Defenses

A research team from the University of Illinois has discovered a way to modify antibiotic deoxynybomycin to overcome gram-negative bacterial defenses. Read More

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