Microbe from Yogurt Impedes Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Lactobacillus parafarraginis KU495926, extracted from yogurt, hindered the growth of 14 multidrug-resistant and so-called extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) bacteria obtained from infected patients at a Washington D.C. hospital, according to Howard University biologists at the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting held in New Orleans this week (June 1-5).”

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