Researchers have named a newly-discovered fungus-killing compound after Keanu Reeves because it's 'extremely deadly', like the characters the actor has portrayed in classic action films.
Researchers have named a fungus-killing compound after Keanu Reeves because it's "extremely deadly", like the characters the actor has portrayed in classic action films.
According to the scientists who discovered the molecule, the new discovery has been named keanumycins because of its ability to destroy fungi as effortlessly as the action heroes the actor has played in thrillers like John Wick and Speed,Researchers at the Germany's Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology made the discovery that a certain type of bacteria creates a strong antimicrobial chemical.
Sebastian Götze, a postdoctoral researcher at Leibniz-HKI at the institute said: "The lipopeptides kill so efficiently that we named them after Keanu Reeves because he, too, is extremely deadly in his roles.
"We have a crisis in anti-infectives," said Mr Götze. "Many human-pathogenic fungi are now resistant to antimycotics [fungicides] partly because they are used in large quantities in agricultural fields."
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