It also attacked Streptococcus mutans, an acid-producing bacterium which is a major cause of tooth decay.
Previous research found that enzyme-modified milk could stop Streptococcus mutans from binding to tooth enamel.
One potential target is Group B streptococcus, the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns.
Penicillin is now useless against one-third of all Streptococcus pneumoniae, a common cause of pneumonia, meningitis and ear infections.
Since acid-producting bacteria, called streptococcus mutans, is contagious, pediatric dentists caution parents against blowing on a baby's food or cleaning a pacifier with saliva.
Researchers now want to look at how coconut oil interacts with Streptococcus bacteria at the molecular level and which other strains of harmful bacteria it can inhibit.
Just over half of the bacteria found in the skin samples belonged to species that were already known to be common - Propionibacteria, Corynebacteria, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
In the healthy people, 82% of throat bacteria were Streptococcus.
Recently, Cepheid got 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (a pre-marketing submission to demonstrate that the device to be marketed is safe and effective) for GeneXpert to work on Group B Streptococcus.
Hospitals, labs and research facilities buy the kits to test for conditions including streptococcus bacterial infections, mononucleosis, parasitic diseases, lyme disease, herpes, chicken pox and shingles, as well as E. coli, transplant infections and respiratory diseases such as pneumonia.
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Last year, some research was published evidencing some effectiveness against MRSA. Now a team from the Cardiff School of Health Sciences has demonstrated the effectiveness of this honey against Streptococcus pyogenes, an antibiotic resistant bacteria that often infects wounds and can prevent skin grafts from forming.
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