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#Antibiotic #resistance can spread unpredictably into the #environment, living on #mineral #surfaces.

#DNA #transport #evolution #bacteria #biofilms

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-antibiotic-resistance-unpredictably-environment-mineral.html

Antibiotic resistance can spread unpredictably into the environment, living on mineral surfaces

Imagine one of Denmark's many picturesque beaches, the waves lapping against the shore, the golden sand and the smooth pebbles. That sounds like a beautiful moment in time. But under the surface, there is more to the story.
University of Copenhagen (Phys.org)
#environment #transport #resistance #mineral #dna #evolution #bacteria #antibiotic #surfaces #biofilms
LukefromDC
Note that since molds make antibiotics in nature to repel bacteria that compete for the same.food, antibiotic resistance may predate humanity, just not in species that infect mammals
CellBioNews
This may even predate the origins of fungi as there is bacterial-bacterial antibiosis (bacterial interference) - which means that antibiotic resistance is part of an evolutionary arms race that could date back several billion years.
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