Soil Bacteria Show High Resistance to Antibiotics

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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Re:Another diet change

[Sen.NullProcPntr]

It's not likely that the bacteria in question can infect you. Your insides are a very different environment than Canadian mud. (Otherwise anyone who got a cut while out gardening would die from infection.)

According to TFA; the real danger is if the dirt bacteria cross with bacteria that can infect humans. They seem to imply that this is likely to happen and may have already happened (resistant staph infections).

Why this would suddenly come to light may have more to do with research funding coming up than any real danger. After all humans have been around dirt for a long time.

But I'm the suspicious type.

So, go ahead and have another serving of dirt;-)