Due to increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing infections, the development of new antibacterial substances is needed. Scientists are testing out a new group of substances produced by gram-positive bacteria, the lantibiotics. Now, researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have discovered a new so-called lantibiotic, called epilancin A37. It is produced by staphylococci that colonize the skin and act...