Antibiotic-eating bug unearthed in soil

Friday, December 7, 2012 - 03:30 in Biology & Nature

It's well known how bacteria exposed to antibiotics for long periods will find ways to resist the drugs—by quickly pumping them out of their cells, for instance, or modifying the compounds so they're no longer toxic.

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