Endophytic bacteria associated with turmeric, ginger and white radish exhibit dual roles as producers of antibacterial metabolites and carriers of multidrug resistance
Sudipta Saha, A. K. M. Shohanur Rahman, Md. Zahirul Islam, Md. Ajijur Rahman · 2026
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Sudipta Saha and three co-authors study bacteria that live inside three food plants: turmeric, ginger, and white radish. Such inner bacteria might yield new germ-fighting compounds, but they could also carry drug resistance into the food chain. The team drew twenty-four bacterial strains from the fresh roots. A third of them slowed the growth of tough, drug-resistant germs from hospitals.
Extracts from one strain kept that germ-fighting power. Yet the same inner bacteria resisted many common antibiotics, across several drug classes. The paper frames these plant dwellers as a double-edged find: a source of new compounds and a possible route for resistance to spread.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sudipta Saha, A. K. M. Shohanur Rahman, Md. Zahirul Islam, Md. Ajijur Rahman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |