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Bacteria Isolated In A Cave For 4 Million Years Is Resistant To 18 Different Antibiotics


Bacteria Isolated In A Cave For 4 Million Years Is Resistant To 18 Different Antibiotics
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Antibiotic resistance has become such a major issue right around the world that the World Health Organization now considers it a global threat.But while the problems seen in hospitals and farms are being driven by the overuse of the drugs, there has been one species of bacteria deep below the ground developing its own resistance.Living in a cave, and having been isolated for around 4 million years, the newly discovered bacteria Paenibacillus has been found to be resistant to 18 types of antibiotics.
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"Nightmare" Bacteria Resistant to Last-Resort Antibiotics Discovered on Farm



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Last week, a team of Ohio State University researchers published the results of a frightening scientific study.The group found bacteria possessing a gene resistant to carbapenems—a class of drugs used as a last resort when all other antibiotics have failed—on a Midwestern hog farm.The scientists fear their discovery could signal "the end of the antibiotic age"—a time when drugs no longer work against deadly diseases.
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Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found Deep in New Mexico's Lechuguilla Cave


Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria Found Deep in New Mexico's Lechuguilla Cave
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According to a team of researchers led by Gerald Wright, a professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University, Lechuguilla Cave — an underground ecosystem that has been isolated from the surface for over 4 million years — is home to a remarkable prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Lechuguilla Cave, one of the longest caves in the world and deepest in the United States, is located in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico.Due to the fragile and highly technical nature of the cave, it has been closed to all except a few scientists and cave experts since its original discovery in 1986.
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