US EditionAI Uncovers 'Archaeasins,' Unique Antibiotics From Ancient Archaea
Researchers identified over 12,000 antibiotic candidates in Archaea using AI, with 93% showing antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant bacteria, highlighting a new source for antibiotics.
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AI discovers promising antibiotic compounds in Archaea microbes
They've survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth's oldest life forms - microbes called Archaea - are offering a new weapon in the fight against one of today's most urgent health threats: antibiotic resistance.
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AI uncovers 'archaeasins,' unique antibiotics from ancient Archaea
They've survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth's oldest life forms—microbes called Archaea—are offering a new weapon in the fight against one of today's most urgent health threats: antibiotic resistance.
Archeas are unicellular microorganisms that make up one of the three domains of life (evolutionary categories in which all living beings are classified), along with bacteria and eukaryotes, the group that includes humans, animals and plants. They are members of the original steps of the evolution of the primitive Earth and, in that hostile environment, they learned to live at extreme temperatures (more than 80 degrees in geysers), high salinity,…
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