Norbert_R 🦣🐘2d ago

#ScientificAmerican - Dangerous #microbes may be hiding in drought-stricken soils

#Antibiotic_resistant #bacteria are #increasing, and a new study finds that #extreme weather may be juicing their rise

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dangerous-microbes-may-be-hiding-in-drought-stricken-soils/

Dangerous microbes may be hiding in drought-stricken soils

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing, and a new study finds that extreme weather may be juicing their rise

Scientific American
CellBioNewsMay 9, 2024

Changes in #pig_farming in the 20th century spread #antibiotic_resistant #Salmonella around the world, finds study.

#agriculture #livestock

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-pig-farming-20th-century-antibiotic.html

Changes in pig farming in the 20th century spread antibiotic-resistant Salmonella around the world, finds study

Historical changes in pig farming led to the global spread of Salmonella, resistant to antibioticsβ€”a new international study led by researchers at the University of Warwick suggests.

Phys.org
CellBioNewsJan 8, 2024

Exploring how #antibiotic_resistant #bacteria become aggressive.

https://phys.org/news/2024-01-exploring-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-aggressive.html

Exploring how antibiotic-resistant bacteria become aggressive

Some strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that have recently acquired disease-enhancing genes may not behave as aggressively as expected, according to a Northwestern Medicine study recently published in Nature Communications.

Phys.org
CellBioNewsSep 16, 2023

Scientists uncover surprising twist in the ways #bacteria spread #antibiotic_resistant #genes.

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-uncover-ways-bacteria-antibiotic-resistant.html

Scientists uncover surprising twist in the ways bacteria spread antibiotic-resistant genes

Scientists have found a counterintuitive wrinkle in the way bacteria spread antibiotic-resistant genes through small circular pieces of DNA called plasmids.

Phys.org