Shewanella oneidensis micro organism may take away antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater
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Micro organism engineered to destroy DNA can take away greater than 99 per cent of genes that confer antibiotic resistance from wastewater. Treating wastewater with this technique may assist sluggish the unfold of antibiotic resistance.
Illness-causing micro organism can take in resistance genes that broken or lifeless micro organism have launched into the setting. This makes wastewater one of many largest environmental reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes, says James Tiedje at Michigan State College. Affected microbes can unfold to folks by means of water, meals or livestock.
