Human and soil bacteria swap antibiotic-resistance genes

Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Soil bacteria and bacteria that cause human diseases have recently swapped at least seven antibiotic-resistance genes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report Aug. 31 in Science.

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