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Vine Snake, a mildly venomous reptile, commonly found in Northern Western Ghats.
Pune:
A group of researchers from Pune and Chandigarh has discovered two new multi drug-resistant bacteria from the scat of vine snake , a mildly venomous reptile, commonly found in Northern Western Ghats.
According to the team, the newly-isolated bacteria from the scat of vine snake are resistant to at least 35 types of antibiotics and as it could spread infectious diseases in future, it is better to conduct research in that direction to make some antibiotic medicines.
This collaborative research work, published in Springer Nature journal, is carried out by researchers from Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College, Junnar; National Centre for Microbial Resource; National Centre for Cell Science, Pune; Microbial Type Culture Collection, and CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.
2 new multi drug-resistant bacteria found in scat of vine snake: Researchers
Researchers from Pune and Chandigarh have discovered two new multi drug-resistant bacteria in the scat of vine snakes, commonly found in the North Western Ghats.
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UPDATED: May 23, 2021 18:22 IST
Researchers have found two new multi drug-resistant bacteria in the scat of vine snakes. (Representative image from Getty Images)
A group of researchers from Pune and Chandigarh has discovered two new “multi drug-resistant” bacteria from the scat of vine snake , a mildly venomous reptile, commonly found in Northern Western Ghats.
According to the team, the newly-isolated bacteria from the scat of vine snake are resistant to at least 35 types of antibiotics and as it could spread infectious diseases in the future, it is better to conduct research in that direction to make some antibiotic medicines.