Captive-bred wallabies may carry antibiotic resistant bacteria into wild populations

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

Endangered brush-tail rock wallabies raised in captive breeding programs carry antibiotic resistance genes in their gut bacteria and may be able to transmit these genes into wild populations, according to new research.

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