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The researchers, who published their findings in this week's edition of theJournal of Antibiotics, say their latest discovery could permit chemists and others to understand how mixtures of potential antibiotics from microorganisms work without first purifying them. It builds on their development two years ago of a new way to rapidly identify new compounds capable of killing bacteria. 
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Nature often produces a whole weaponry of active ingredients to ensure it is well prepared for any scenario that might occur. The research group led by Professor Helge Bode has now discovered a whole class of new peptides with which bacteria are able to kill insect larvae.