Holistic Primary Health, 9/28/2014
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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