AUTHOR=Sceglovs Artemijs , Skadins Ingus , Chitto Marco , Kroica Juta , Salma-Ancane Kristine TITLE=Failure or future? Exploring alternative antibacterials: a comparative analysis of antibiotics and naturally derived biopolymers JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology VOLUME=16 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1526250 DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2025.1526250 ISSN=1664-302X