Scientists solve 30-year old mystery on how resistance genes spread
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 12:33
in Biology & Nature
For more than 30 years, scientists have proposed that resistance genes actually originate from the microorganisms producing the antibiotic. Now, research shows for the very first time that antibiotic resistance genes originate from the same place as the antibiotic compounds, i.e. from a group of soil bacteria called Actinobacteria.