Deep-water Marine Sponge (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Deep-water Marine Sponge

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A compound extracted from a deep-water marine sponge collected near the Bahamas is showing potent antibacterial activity against the drug resistant "super bug" MRSA.

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Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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Credit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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