If a Bear Spits in the Woods Do New Antibiotics Arise?

Scientists in Russia and the U.S. have combined ultrahigh-throughput (uHT) microfluidic technology with wild Siberian bear saliva to look for potential antibiotics against harmful bacteria. The technology makes it possible to rapidly test individual microbiota species — such as bacteria in bear saliva —a gainst pathogenic bacteria, isolate the beneficial species with antimicrobial properties, and identify the antibiotic that is produced.It is tedious to look for bacteria that produce