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Nature Chemical Biology 1, 359 (1 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/nchembio1205-359
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Abstract
Uncultured antibiotic biosynthesis Although cultured soil bacteria have been a reliable source of many current antibiotics, an untapped source of new antibiotics may be found in bacteria that have been difficult or impossible to culture. Previously, Brady and Clardy had devised a method to screen DNA extracted from uncultured bacteria in environmental samples (eDNA) for antibiotic activity by identifying eDNA clones that, when expressed, could inhibit bacterial growth.
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