Scientists at the Council of
Scientific and Industrial research – Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
(CSIR-CCMB) have discovered an anti-microbial protein found in the milk of an
egg laying mammal. This protein is used as an alternative of antibiotics used
on livestock.
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Echidnas, are unique egg laying mammals,
also known as spiny anteaters, are found only in Australia and New Guinea.
The young ones of the Echidnas are
highly dependent on the mother’s milk. But the mammary glands of echidnas are devoid
of nipples so the young ones have to lick the milk from the mother’s body which
makes them vulnerable to different bacteria and micro-organisms.
Even though, the milk is capable of
puncturing the cell membrane of multiple bacterial species destroying the
source of the infection.
The scientists have pointed out that
there is a drastic increased in the superbugs due to the increased use of
antibiotics by the animal husbandry industry on livestock.
The superbugs can cause mastitis, an
infection caused in the mammary glands in dairy animals. Doctors found out that
echidna’s milk is effective against the mastitis causing bacteria.
The research has been published in
Biochemica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes. The CSIR-CCMB director Rakesh
Mishra said that these studies give us the hope to fight the current as well as
upcoming bacterial and infectious diseases with the help of what the nature has
provided us.
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