Where combinatorial chemistry and genomics have stalled, could an exploration of untapped sources usher in a second golden age of antibiotic discovery? Cormac Sheridan investigates.
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Sheridan, C. Antibiotics au naturel. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1494–1496 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1206-1494
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