Researchers turn E.coli into antibiotic producer

E. coli is being used for producing human insulin and many pharmaceuticals. Recently, researchers manipulated E.coli for producing a new forms of antibiotic called erythromycin.

Fig. Erythromycin resistant Bacillus subtilis were spread on petridishes , the discs circled in red color hold new forms of erythromycin, and the zone around them indicates that the drug kills the surrounding bacteria.

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