Enzybiotics

Description: Enzybiotics are a new group of biological antibacterial substances that lead to the immediate lysis of bacterial cells without damaging the natural microbiome. They also eliminate strains resistant to antibiotics, which is extremely important given the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Unlike antibiotics, they demonstrate high species specificity, which, combined with their protein structure and rapid biodegradation, makes them safe for humans, animals, and the environment.

Enzybiotics are a new group of biological antibacterial substances that lead to the immediate lysis of bacterial cells without damaging the natural microbiome. They also eliminate strains resistant to antibiotics, which is extremely important given the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. Unlike antibiotics, they demonstrate high species specificity, which, combined with their protein structure and rapid biodegradation, makes them safe for humans, animals, and the environment. New proteins are widely used not only in medicine but also in veterinary medicine, agriculture, food protection, and even the preservation of works of art: • difficult-to-heal wounds, such as diabetic foot, pressure sores, or burns, • microbiological protection of fish in aquaculture, • dairy cattle disease mastitis - inflammation of the udder, • bio preservatives and agents for surface disinfection in the food industry, • biodeterioration of works of art, • fungal diseases of crops.

Organisation: IMDIK PAN

Innovator(s): Izabela Sabała, Elżbieta Jagielska

Category: Medicine, Biotechnology and Medical Devices

Country: Poland