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Bacterial charity work leads to population-wide resistance [1]

Bacteria regularly evolve antibiotic resistance, but little is known about this process at the population level. Here, a continuous culture of Escherichia coli facing increasing antibiotic levels is followed. Most isolates taken from this population are less antibiotic resistant than the population as a whole.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2010
Henry H. Lee [2], Michael N. Molla [3], Charles R. Cantor & et al [4]
Nature [5]
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Tags:
Health [6], Micro Organisms [7], Drugs [8], Research [9]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
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