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.

Was this a typo? Should it say "to those that are"? Or did I misunderstand this sentence completely?

I think it is supposed to be "to those."

It is pretty scary.

I know a few scandinavian countries the are cycling the use of their antibiotics to curb the growth of said resistance. Shame America is unaware of this.

inb4 genetically modified to infect humans

That is pretty neat.

Something like this to come along and shake up the dogma of where/how transformation occurs is welcome in my book.

dont worry folks, carbapenems can still kill em all

I wasn't legitimately concerned to be honest

Hmmmmm not quite. Swedish cinical scientists have identified some resistant bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae. That resistance is conferred by the enzyme New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) that inactivates a broad range of beta-lactam-based antibiotics, including carbapenems. In fact, some E.coli resistant strains were isolated in Coventry, UK, as well. Given the genotype is transmitted through horizontal gene transfer, I wouldn't be surprised to hear about spreading of this resistance not only in the two known affected bacterium strains, but to others as well.

Oh No! Carbapenems do not rule them all anymore

this is all a hoax lol