Study of antibacterial activity of Streptomyces sp. SS473 isolated from plants against ESBL-producing Escherichia coli

Abstract

The broad spectrum β-lactamase-producing E. coli (ESBL) is a dangerous bacterial pathogen in humans due to its resistance to many antibiotics. This is especially serious in the context of a limited number of new antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. This leads to a global public health threat and places an urgent need for new antibiotics. In this study, the authors investigated the antibacterial properties of an actinomyces strain isolated from the plant Clinacanthus nutans against the ESBL-producing E. coli strains...