Sweet Salvation -- How A Sugar Cane Pathogen Is Gearing Up A New Era Of Antibiotic Di

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Sweet Salvation -- How A Sugar Cane Pathogen Is Gearing Up A New Era Of Antibiotic Discovery

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A potent plant toxin with a unique way of killing harmful bacteria has emerged as one of the strongest new antibiotic candidates in decades. The antibiotic, called albicidin, is produced by the bacterial plant pathogen Xanthomonas albilineans, which causes the devastating leaf scald disease in sugar cane. [Read Full Article]