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Platensimycin is an experimental new drug being trialed in an effort to combat MRSA. Manufactured by a strain of Streptomyces platensis, it represents a previously unknown class of antibiotics, which acts by blocking enzymes involved in the synthesis of fatty acids, which bacteria need to construct cell membranes. Currently being researched by Merck.
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