Stinky frogs are a treasure trove of antibiotic substances

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Some of the nastiest smelling creatures on Earth have skin that produces the greatest known variety of antibacterial substances that hold promise for becoming new weapons in the battle against antibiotic-resistant infections, scientists are reporting. Their research is on amphibians so smelly (like rotten fish, for instance) that scientists term them "odorous frogs."

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