Antibiotic Resistance-Carrying Plasmids (IMAGE)

University of Gothenburg

Antibiotic Resistance-Carrying Plasmids

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Antibiotic resistance-carrying plasmids from different bacteria can meet and exchange genetic material. The result is plasmids consisting of genes that have each been adapted to different bacterial species. This facilitates further adaptation and mobility, and consequently also the spread of antibiotic resistance between different bacterial species.

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Björn Norberg

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