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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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  1. Growing Bacteria by qualico · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And here is silly ol' me trying to infect myself with bacteria.

    http://www.activia.ca/