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Marine microorganism could solve looming threat in health care industry: 'A blueprint for future research'

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Scientists may have discovered a way to make new antibiotics using marine actinobacteria found in the Arctic Sea .

More than 80% of licensed antibiotics are derived from microorganisms found in soil.

This type of research is especially important now as, over time, bacteria develops resistance to the drugs that are used to treat it.