Our new research found up to 20% of bacteria in wild foods were resistant to a common antibiotic drug. Some samples had resistance to last-resort antibiotics, prescribed when other drugs have failed.
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This caterpillar can cause excruciating pain when touched. But unlike most venomous arthropods, it uses its venom purely for self-defence.
If no action is taken to address antibiotic resistance, infections from multidrug-resistant bacteria could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050.
The discovery of molecular rules that regulate the transfer of genetic material between bacteria could help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance.
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Senior Lecturer in Molecular Bioscience, Massey University
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Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Scientist, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Canterbury
