A new protein with antibiotic properties has been found by the Microbiologists and molecular biologists in a mushroom which grows on the horse dung. Researchers are now exploring the various potential applications for this. This antibiotic is found in fungi that kills bacteria. The substance, known as copsin, has the same effect as traditional antibiotics, but belongs to a different class of biochemical substances. Copsin is a protein, whereas traditional antibiotics are often non-protein organic compounds.
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