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forktheif
4540 days ago
That's where a lot of antibiotics come from.
Antibiotics that have names ending in -mycin often come from bacteria.
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JulianMorrison
4540 days ago
I wonder if human-caused antibiotic resistance turns around and harms the critters who were originally using that antibiotic as self defense?
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BrandonMarc
4539 days ago
Thanks for that. Is it also true that those ending in -icillin (amoxicillin, penicillin, etc) come from fungi - a major competitor to bacteria? Or am I mistaken?
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