Gut bacteria plot resistance according to microbiologists at University of Illinois Urbana, as reported in Nature Science Update 2 March 2001. They studied bacteria that only live inside the human digestive system and found they contained genes for antibiotic resistance. They would have gained these by swapping genes with already resistant bacteria found in food. […]
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Ancient Cave Bugs Resist Antibiotics
Ancient cave bugs resist antibiotics, according to a report in National Geographic News and ScienceDaily 11 April 2012, and PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (4): e34953 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034953. Scientists exploring the Lechuguilla cave, a vast deep cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico, have found bacteria they believed to have been isolated for four million […]