Infant mental health integration into OB care leads to increased connection to services during the perinatal period.

We compared referrals and connection to care between perinatal patients: 90 receiving OB/GYN care in clinics with integrated behavioral health consultants with infant mental health specialization (IMH-BHC), and 68 receiving traditional care, in the United States. Participants identified as: Native American/Alaskan native, 1.90%; Asian, .

, , and identified as antibiotic-producers from freshwater.

Three water isolates were previously identified as promising antibiotic producers from freshwater sources in Wisconsin, United States. Each isolate produced effective antibiotics against three or more bacterial relatives of antibiotic resistant pathogens. The isolates were identified as , , and through 16S rRNA sequencing and further characterized with biochemical tests to verify the genus and species of each isolate.

Seventeen antibiotic-producing bacteria isolates found across four freshwater environments.

Antibiotics are produced by microorganisms as defense mechanisms against bacteria and have treated bacterial infections for decades. Most of the current antibiotics are extracted from soil bacteria, and no new antibiotic class has been found in nearly 40 years. However, antibiotic-producing bacteria were discovered on tree bark, emphasizing that other environments should be explored for these bacteria.