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Ancient ice harboring bacteria shows multi-drug resistance

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Source: Euronews.com
Ancient ice harboring bacteria shows multi-drug resistance
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Researchers analyzing Scărișoara Ice Cave in Romania isolated a 5,000-year-old Psychrobacter bacterium (SC65A.3) that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics across 8 drug classes and carries over 100 resistance genes, highlighting natural antimicrobial resistance that predates modern medicine.

Topics:healthscience#ancient-bacteria#antimicrobial-resistance#ice-cave#psychrobacter-sc65a3#romania#science
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