[HTML][HTML] The science of antibiotic discovery

K Lewis - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
We are experiencing an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, brought on by the drying up of
the antibiotic discovery pipeline and the resulting unchecked spread of resistant pathogens …

Considerations and caveats in combating ESKAPE pathogens against nosocomial infections

YX Ma, CY Wang, YY Li, J Li, QQ Wan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
ESKAPE pathogens (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella
pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter …

Actinomycetes: still a source of novel antibiotics

O Genilloud - Natural product reports, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2006 to 2017 Actinomycetes have been, for decades, one of the most important
sources for the discovery of new antibiotics with an important number of drugs and analogs …

Prospects for antibacterial discovery and development

TM Privalsky, AM Soohoo, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The rising prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is an urgent health crisis that can only
be countered through renewed investment in the discovery and development of antibiotics …

Tackling antibiotic resistance with compounds of natural origin: A comprehensive review

FJ Álvarez-Martínez, E Barrajón-Catalán, V Micol - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drug-resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to human health worldwide. Current antibiotics
are losing efficacy and new antimicrobial agents are urgently needed. Living organisms are …

Thoughts and facts about antibiotics: where we are now and where we are heading

J Bérdy - The Journal of antibiotics, 2012 - nature.com
The declining trends in microbial metabolite and natural products research and the
refocusing of this research area are discussed. Renewing natural products research …

Prospects for new antibiotics: a molecule-centered perspective

CT Walsh, TA Wencewicz - The Journal of antibiotics, 2014 - nature.com
There is a continuous need for iterative cycles of antibiotic discovery and development to
deal with the selection of resistant pathogens that emerge as therapeutic application of an …

What is an “ideal” antibiotic? Discovery challenges and path forward

SB Singh, K Young, LL Silver - Biochemical pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
An ideal antibiotic is an antibacterial agent that kills or inhibits the growth of all harmful
bacteria in a host, regardless of site of infection without affecting beneficial gut microbes (gut …

Secondary metabolites of actinomycetes and their antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties

K Jakubiec-Krzesniak, A Rajnisz-Mateusiak… - Polish journal of …, 2018 - sciendo.com
The growing resistance of microorganisms towards antibiotics has become a serious global
problem. Therapeutics with novel chemical scaffolds and/or mechanisms of action are …

Flavoenzymes: versatile catalysts in biosynthetic pathways

CT Walsh, TA Wencewicz - Natural product reports, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of May 2012 Riboflavin-based coenzymes, tightly bound to enzymes
catalyzing substrate oxidations and reductions, enable an enormous range of chemical …