Environmental resistome–guided development of resistance-tolerant antibiotics

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Failure to anticipate new forms of antibiotic resistance has led to resistance developing rapidly to virtually all antibiotics that have entered clinical use. Many of the most problematic types of resistance originated in the environment, where ancient arms races between antibiotic-producing microbes and their competitors have created vast arsenals of antibiotics and resistance. Seizing on the knowledge that...

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