NIH study finds probiotic Bacillus eliminates Staphylococcus bacteria

A new study from National Institutes of Health scientists and their Thai colleagues shows that a “good” bacterium commonly found in probiotic digestive supplements helps eliminate Staphylococcus aureus, a type of bacteria that can cause serious antibiotic-resistant infections.

Pipat Piewngam, Yue Zheng, Thuan H. Nguyen, Seth W. Dickey, Hwang-Soo Joo, Amer E. Villaruz, Kyle A. Glose, Emilie L. Fisher, Rachelle L. Hunt, Barry Li, Janice Chiou, Sujiraphong Pharkjaksu, Sunisa Khongthong, Gordon Y. C. Cheung, Pattarachai Kiratisin & Michael Otto, Pathogen elimination by probiotic Bacillus via signaling interference. Nature DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0616-y (2018).

Bacillus lipopeptides, MRSA, Staphylococcus aureus, fengycins, B. subtilis, Bacillus subtilis, infection, treatment, prevention, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,