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Science 20 January 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5759, pp. 342 - 343
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123982
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MICROBIOLOGY:
Weapons of Microbial Drug Resistance Abound in Soil Flora

Alexander Tomasz

Bacteria found in soils show robust resistance to many antibiotics. These protective mechanisms may offer clues for generating a new arsenal of therapeutic drugs.

The author is in the Laboratory of Microbiology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA. E-mail: tomasz{at}rockefeller.edu

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