Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Honeybees are Allies in Fight Against MRSA

Swedish researchers recently discovered 13 unique lactic acid bacteria in fresh honey and in the honey-producing organs of bees that are strongly active against several virulent human pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
The investigators, led by Tobias Olofsson, of the Department of Medical Microbiology, Lund University suggest that these unique microbial honeyBeeCombsymbionts found in the bees' honey stomachs and also in the honey itself could be used as an alternative for antibiotics, with “implications not least in developing countries, where fresh honey is easily available, but also in western countries where antibiotic resistance is seriously increasing.”…

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