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 E-Mail IMAGE: From left: Dr. René Richarz with an agar plate containing the bacterium, Cornelia Hermes with an extract obtained from the bacterium, and working group leader Dr. Max Crüsemann. A coralberry. view more  Credit: © AG Crüsemann / University of Bonn For some years, an active substance from the leaves of an ornamental plant has been regarded as a possible forerunner of a new group of potent drugs. So far, however, it has been very laborious to manufacture it in large quantities. That could now change: Researchers at the University of Bonn (Germany) have identified a bacterium that produces the substance and can also be easily cultivated in the laboratory. The results are published in the journal

Nordrhein westfalenDaniela wirtzCornelia hermesPeter mergaertVigneshwaran namasivayamJulian pattStefan kehrausAsuka inoueWiebke hankeJudith alenfelderTsubasa ohbayashiGerman research foundationNature communicationsUniversity of bonn germanyUniversity of bonnInstitute of pharmaceutical biology