Plants and microbes produce thousands of chemicals that facilitate communication with pollinators, competitors and predators

A novel way of increasing the amounts of antibiotics produced by bacteria has been discovered that could markedly improve the yields of these important compounds in commercial production

Working out the structure of a complex formed when a protein binds to DNA has proved to be key in understanding how an antibiotic-producing organism controls resistance to its own antibiotic, and may be an example of how other antibiotic producers regulate export to prevent self-toxicity

Scientists researching a new antibiotic have pieced together the way it is produced by a soil bacterium by working out the functions of its genes

Scientists are collaborating on a new international research project to identify antibiotics that can kill tuberculosis and fight resistant strains

To help in the search for new antibiotics, Juan Pablo Gomez-Escribano and Professor Mervyn Bibb have adapted a strain of Streptomyces coelicolor to express clusters of genes found from genome sequencing projects whose functions are unknown

Scientists have identified the genes necessary for making a highly potent and clinically unexploited antibiotic in the fight against multi-resistant pathogens

An antibiotic that binds to a well-established target in a novel and unexpected way could be the inspiration for designing new, more potent antibacterial drugs

A DNA-based therapy could slash the development time of new drugs to combat antibiotic resistant superbugs