Bacteria Battle: How One Changes Appearance, Moves Away to Resist the Other (IMAGE)

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

Bacteria Battle: How One Changes Appearance, Moves Away to Resist the Other

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Two types of bacteria found in the soil have enabled scientists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research to get the dirt on how resistance to antibiotics develops along with a separate survival strategy.

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(Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kathleen Phillips)

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