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Studying bacteria that saves lives

By Jennifer Palmberg

The Collegian

Today’s Biology Lecture Series will focus on a bacteria famous for producing much of the world’s antibiotics.

Gerald L. Newton is a senior research associate at University of California, San Diego. His presentation will focus on mycothiol in marine actinomycetes.

Actinomycin is any various red, often toxic antibiotic obtained from soil bacteria. Mycology is the branch of botany that deals with fungi, according to the American Heritage Dictionary.

“Mycothiol is a low molecular rate thiol that plays an important role in cells. Antinomycetes is bacteria that produce 88 percent of known antibiotics in the world,” said Mamta Rawat, a professor in the biology department.

Rawat said the biology lectures are divided into two parts: biotechnology seminars and ecology and evolution seminars that are held every Friday at 3 p.m. She said the lecture series is funded by the dean of College of Science and Math and the funding allows them to invite a guest speaker from other university campuses.

“The biology lecture series is designed for biology students and really anyone interested in biology,” Rawat said.

Newton comes from a university that is comprised of an outstanding science campus, a leading medical school, and the world’s foremost oceanographic institution, according to the University of California, San Diego Web site.

Newton will present at 3 p.m. in Science II room 109.


	October 21, 2005 California State University, Fresno