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Amoebas Pomising As a Source of New And Natural Antibiotics: Acanthamoeba

Associate Professor Zuhal Zeybek, from the Department of Basic and Industrial Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Istanbul University, and Dr. Şevval Maral Özcan Aykol, from the Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Biruni University, have revealed in their studies that the substances they obtained from the Acanthamoeba species amoebas living in water are effective against some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.


They published their results from the doctoral thesis study conducted at Istanbul University (March 2022) and the research conducted at Biruni University Research Center as 2 different articles in the December and February 2024 issues of the Journal of Basic Microbiology. These studies were also shared with the public through newspaper prints, the links of which you will find below.


https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yerel-haberler/istanbul/turk-bilim-insanlarindan-antibiyotik-direncine-7396923

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/turkish-researchers-find-new-medicine-to-fight-resistant-bacteria/news


SHORT NAME: Amoebas promising as a source of new and natural antibiotics: Acanthamoeba


15:45 | 02.07.2025
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