Probiotic Good Bacteria Use Fengycins to Eliminate Bad Bacteria

Infections by pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus bacteria cause many tens of thousands of deaths every year, and the threat of antibiotic-resistant strains, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is escalating. New research by National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists now suggests how probiotic Bacillus bacteria can eliminate the reservoir of these potentially harmful bacteria that we can harbor in our noses and gut systems, by secreting a compound that blocks a key S. aureus s