Discovery of antibiotic resistance in newly identified bacterium

Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially significant problem for the elderly.

In 2020, a research group at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø discovered a previously unknown bacterium. You may have heard of Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph), but this one belongs to the white variety.

The newcomer, discovered in Tromsø in Northern Norway, was proudly named Staphylococcus borealis (S. borealis) after…

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