A new antibiotic was found in the technician’s garden

Researchers in the US have developed a new antibiotic peptide that targets the ribosome of the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and has shown that it can cause resistance to the ribosome. Researchers said they found that the peptide binds to the nucleic acids of ribosome protein complexes. It also inhibits the enzyme that causes ribosomal assembly of ribosomal proteins.