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Soil Bacteria Show High Resistance to Antibiotics

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the armored-bacteria-testing dept.

Miraba writes "Microbiologists have found that soil-dwelling bacteria are highly resistant to antibiotics, even ones that they've never been exposed to before. While this information suggests that superbugs could arise from these bacteria, it also provides the opportunity for testing new techniques in drug development for the future."

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  1. Another diet change by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny
    Beef is off the list thanks to Mad Cow. No chicken because of the bird flu. No pork because it'll be green and glowing soon. What fish? No genetically modified veggies or grain...

    And now I have to give up eating dirt!

    I guess I'll become a Breatharian...

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    1. Re:Another diet change by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Like slashdotters, bacteria reproduce asexually. No chance of "crossing."

  2. Solution by quokkapox · · Score: 3, Funny
    Just thoroughly wipe down your dog|cat|kid with bleach when they come inside after playing in the backyard.

    Works for me...

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  3. from the stars or from below? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Somehow, somewhere, sometime, something's gonna' getcha'

  4. This just in! by Millenniumman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Studies have shown that eating dirt is, in fact, unhealthy.

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  5. ... & dirt don't hurt by Joebert · · Score: 2, Funny

    So much for "God made dirt & dirt don't hurt."

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  6. Required Simpsons quote, adaptively mutated by Tsar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just read the article, and, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The soil beneath us has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of antibotic-resistant bacteria. It's difficult to tell from this discussion point whether they will consume the captive ants or merely enslave them.

    One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the superbugs will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new microscopic overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a Slashdot poster with excellent karma, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground plague nurseries.