Wednesday 09 Dec 20In countries where antimicrobial agents can be given without a prescription to both humans and animals, the presence and spread of resistance is a major problem. With the help of ‘metabolic engineering’, researchers from DTU Biosustain are designing and optimizing microorganisms to produce new substances that can be developed into antimicrobial agents. The bacterium is known to produce antimicrobial agents. In a recent video presentation of the section’s work, he stated:“The pharmaceutical industry is no longer developing new antimicrobial agents because it is unprofitable. The functions inside a bacterium that are responsible for the production of bioactive substances such as antimicrobial agents are exceedingly complex.
