Antibiotic Resistance

Bacteria gene transfer blamed

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 29th, 2003

The way antibiotic resistance spreads and possible problems from genes transferring have been identified by researchers from the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, supporting new evidence about the way genes pass from one bacterium to another.

The research was presented by Dr. Karen Scott at the Society for General Microbiology's Annual Meeting in Edinburgh.

"We all have a huge number of different bacteria in our guts," said Scott of the Rowett Research Institute, "and between them they make up a reservoir of millions of genes which they can exchange with each other. Some of the bacteria are harmless such as the bacteria in live yoghurt, and can...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2003-04-29)

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