Bacterial battle for survival leads to new antibiotic
Date: 6.3.2008
Holds promise for treating **stomach ulcers**.
MIT biologists have provoked soil-dwelling bacteria into producing a **new type of antibiotic** by pitting them against another strain of bacteria in a battle for survival.
The antibiotic holds promise for treatment of **Helicobacter pylori**, which causes stomach ulcers in humans. Also, figuring out the still murky explanation for how the new antibiotic was produced could help scientists develop strategies for finding other new antibiotics.
"MIT News Center":[ http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/antibiotics-0226.html]
