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 antibiotics—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