RIA Novosti reports this with reference to a study in the journal Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Scientists have found that peptide emericillipsin A, isolated from the alkalophilic micellial fungus Emericellopsis alkalina, can interfere with the formation of biofilms by bacteria and reduce their resistance to antibiotics.
“Emericillipsin A acts on eukaryotes and prokaryotes through different molecular mechanisms.
Eukaryotes - fungi and tumor cells - die due to the destruction of their cell membrane by the peptide, and the virulence of prokaryotes is suppressed by preventing the formation of biofilms, "said Evgeny Rogozhin, senior researcher at the X-BIO laboratory of antimicrobial resistance at Tyumen State University.
It is believed that this natural antibiotic will help fight tumors, as well as bacterial and fungal infections.
It can be applied by injection or direct treatment of affected tissues.
Earlier, scientists from MISiS have developed antibacterial and antifungal nanocoatings, which destroy up to 99.99% of pathogens in a day.