The Economic Times

5,000-year-old bacteria revived from ice can fight superbugs, but scientists see a downside

Scientists have isolated a Psychrobacter SC65A.3, a bacterial strain frozen for almost 5,000 years in Romanias Scrioara Ice Cave. The microbe carries more than 100 antibiotic resistance genes and resists many modern drugs, yet it also inhibits dangerous superbugs, disclosing its dual potential. Genome sequencing identified enzymes with biotechnological and antimicrobial applications, as well as hundreds of genes with unknown functions.