Drug-resistant bacterial pathogens represent a significant
threat to public health, and a complicated assortment of
factors has combined to stymie antibiotic development and fuel
this growing crisis.1,2 The current situation has prompted a
need for renewed discovery and development of novel
antibacterials; however experience has shown that conventional
chemotherapies are inevitably undermined by rapid evolution
of their target organisms.3 Therefore, to more comprehensively
address this threat, conventional antibiotic discovery and
development strategies need to be complemented by searches
within previously untapped molecular reservoirs.