Sex in the Sink: Gene-Swapping Bacteria Are Making New Superbugs
Bacteria appear to be having the microbial
equivalent of inter-species sex in hospital sinks, swapping chunks of
DNA that render them impervious to antibiotics, researchers reported
Wednesday.
The findings may help
explain the rise in drug-resistant “superbugs” in hospitals, and they
suggest that they may sometimes be breeding on site, as opposed to being
carried in by patients.
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