30/05/2025
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱.
𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘮 is a purple-pigmented bacterium known for producing 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗶𝗻, a natural compound with strong 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. Found on the skin of amphibians, it plays a protective role in their defense against deadly fungal infections.
Today, scientists are exploring how this microbe and the violacein it produces can be used in antimicrobial therapies and biocontrol applications.
Recent research even investigates how extracellular vesicles from 𝘑. 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘮 can serve as natural delivery systems for violacein, opening new doors for non-antibiotic treatments.
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