Recent research has found that ice cores from Antarctica may be a potential source of new antimicrobial compounds. In a study published in Frontiers in Microbiology, researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) collected ice cores from Antarctica and analyzed the microbial communities they contained. The researchers found that the communities contained a range of compounds with potential antimicrobial activity, including compounds with activity against multi-drug resistant bacterial strains. This research could lead to the development of new drugs to treat bacterial infections and could help to address the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.

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