Evolution of resistance in microorganisms of human origin.

doi:10.1016/0378-1135(93)90150-6

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Evolution of resistance in microorganisms of human origin.

Veterinary microbiology - 1 Jun 1993

Kayser F H

Abstract excerpt

Resistance to antimicrobials in bacteria results from either evolution of "new" DNA or from variation in existing DNA. Evidence suggests that new DNA did not originate since the use of antibiotics in medicine, but evolved long ago in soil bacteria. This evidence is based on functional and structu...

Topics

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteria
Biological Evolution
Conjugation, Genetic
DNA, Bacterial
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Mutation
R Factors
Transduction, Genetic
Transformation, Bacterial

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