teixobactin

English

structural formula of teixobactin

Etymology

Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) +‎ -bactin, pertaining to a cell wall (broken down by the antibiotic).

Noun

teixobactin (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens.
   • 2015 January 22, Losee L. Ling et. at., “A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance”, in Nature, volume 517, number 7535, page 455:

     Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.

   • 2015, David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health‎^[1]:

     As we finished writing this book, a study published online in the journal Nature reported the discovery of teixobactin, a new antibiotic derived from previously unculturable soil bacteria.

   • 2016 April 27, Elizabeth Allen, “UK scientists pioneer synthetic forms of 'game-changing' antibiotic”, in phys.org‎^[2]:

     Scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, have successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin – the world's first known antibiotic capable of destroying 'drug resistant' bacteria.