Food Safety News - November 21, 2015 Study: E. Coli Can Transfer Antibiotic Resistance to Other Bacteria

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Study: E. Coli Can Transfer Antibiotic Resistance to Other Bacteria

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Scientists have discovered a gene in E. coli that makes it resistant to a class of “last-resort” antibiotics known as polymyxins. The gene can also transfer resistance to other epidemic pathogens such as K. pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. According to research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the mcr-1 gene is widespread in Enterobacteriaceae samples from pigs in... Continue Reading

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