Peat-bog fungi produce substances that kill tuberculosis-causing bacteria

PHYSorg
Dec 3, 2024, 2:00 pm273 pts
An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The findings suggest that one promising direction for development of better treatments might be to target biological processes in the bacterium…

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