Old Bacteria In A Cave Resistant To Antibiotics - Topic

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Apr 17 2012 09:01am

Quote (1+3+3+7 @ Apr 16 2012 07:36pm)

this is all a hoax lol

Antibiotic resistance is not a 20th/21st century concept my brother.

Streptomyces species have been using antibiotic for a long time to kill bacteria - A long time. Some bacteria acquired some genes to express proteins that inactivate antibiotics. Then that's got transmitted over and over to other bacteria, but not all ofc.

Not sure what's got to be a hoax as you say.

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Apr 17 2012 01:30pm

Both really cool and scarey at the same time lol

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May 15 2012 09:00am

Quote (Ricelol @ Apr 16 2012 06:59am)

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/11/cave-bacteria-finding-suggests-ancient-origins-of-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs/

That is both amazing and somewhat scary.

aren't bacteria resistant to a few antibiotics quite common?

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