How does bacitracin work? A deep dive into its mechanism of action
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First isolated in 1943 from the leg wound of a young girl named Margaret Tracy, bacitracin is a cyclic polypeptide antibiotic produced by *Bacillus subtilis*. It gained widespread use for preventing minor skin infections, but many people are unaware of the precise pharmacological process for how does bacitracin work to stop bacterial growth.
