New Antibiotic

Podcast: A new antibiotic from nematode guts Researchers looking for an ally against drug-resistant infections — which include some urinary tract infections and pneumonia — have turned to a bacterium that lives inside the guts of nematode worms. Photorhabdus helps the worms to paralyse their insect larvae prey, and it has the ability to fight off bacteria that want to share its hard-earned food. Molecular microbiologist Kim Lewis tells the Nature Podcast about the promise of antibiotics developed from bacteria that share a common enemy with humans. Nature Podcast | 26 min listenSubscribe to the Nature Podcast on iTunes, Google Podcasts or Spotify. Reference: Nature paper