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The 2009 Garrod Lecture: The evolution of antimicrobial resistance: a Darwinian perspective
23 Jun 2010
Abstract excerpt
Microbes have evolved over 3.5 billion years and are arguably the most adaptable organisms on earth. Restricted genetically by their inability to reproduce sexually, bacteria have acquired several additional mechanisms by which to exchange genetic material horizontally. Such mechanisms have allowed bacteria to inhabit some of the most inhospitable environments on earth. It is thus hardly surprising that when...