MICROBIOLOGY:
Weapons of Microbial Drug Resistance Abound in Soil Flora
Alexander Tomasz
Bacteria found in soils show robust resistance to many antibiotics. These protective mechanisms may offer clues for generating a new arsenal of therapeutic drugs.
The author is in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA. E-mail: tomasz{at}rockefeller.edu