Deep-Sea Mining Could Threaten the Search for New Antibiotics

  14 October 2019

Prof. Mat Upton is a medical microbiologist and Dr Kerry Howell is a deep-sea marine ecologist. At the University of Plymouth they have discovered antimicrobial properties in bacteria that live in a species of deep-sea sponge ­– a potential breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic-resistant superbugs. But they warn that such potential could be lost in the drive to exploit the ocean floor for minerals.

Further reading: The Maritime Executive
Author(s): Jessica Aldred
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