Keanu Reeves and his roaring rsum of R-rated action films have inspired millions including German scientists.

The Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology created a new, remarkably effective fungicide and told Phys on Monday that the chemicals kill so efficiently that we named them after Keanu Reeves because he, too, is extremely deadly in his roles.

When asked about these keanumycins in an Ask Me Anything thread on Reddit, which Reeves used to promote his latest entry in the John Wick film franchise, the soft-spoken movie star shared nothing but praise and a cheeky suggestion of his own.

They shouldve called it John Wickbut thats pretty cooland surreal for me, said Reeves wrote in the thread . But thanks, scientist people! Good luck, and thank you for helping us.

Keanumycins, produced by soil bacteria, have been shown to kill fungal infections in humans while leaving healthy cells alone, according to a study in the Journal of the American Chemical Society . Theyre harmless to plants, but lethal to fungi, and could have applications in the agriculture and health care industries.

The development of keanumycins was spurred by fungal organisms like Candida albicans, a cause of yeast infections in humans, that have grown increasingly resistant to existing treatments, Sebastian Gtze, co-author of the study, explained.