Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes Date Back to 450 MYA, Well Before the Age of Dinosaurs
Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 12:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Leading hospital "superbugs," known as the enterococci, arose from an ancestor that dates back 450 million years -- about the time when animals were first crawling onto land (and well before the age of dinosaurs), according to a new study.