Smell of success? Horse poop yields antibiotic-laced mushrooms

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http://i.cbc.ca/1.2996954.1426523534!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/horses-jpg.jpg European biologists have discovered a bacteria-killing compound in common mushrooms that grow in horse dung. Unusually for an antibiotic, copsin is a protein; but laboratory trials showed it to have the same effect on bacteria as traditional antibiotics.


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