Gut bacteria are a reservoir of drug resistance genes, finds study

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Lab notes: Gut bacteria are a reservoir of drug resistance genes, finds study

Researchers studied antibiotic resistance traits present in dominant gut bacteria isolated from human fecal samples. Six healthy individuals who had not consumed antibiotics for the past six months were selected for the study. It was found that friendly gut bacteria from these individuals harbored resistance against multiple antimicrobials attributed to the presence of a vast number of antimicrobial genes…