MICROBIOLOGY: Germs Take a Bite Out of Antibiotics

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Science 4 April 2008:
Vol. 320. no. 5872, p. 33
DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5872.33a

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MICROBIOLOGY:
Germs Take a Bite Out of Antibiotics

Mitch Leslie

A broad survey of soil microbes shows that numerous species devour even the most potent drugs, researchers report on page 100 of this week's issue of Science, fueling worries about the dwindling power of our main weapons against infections.

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REPORTS Bacteria Subsisting on Antibiotics: Gautam Dantas, Morten O. A. Sommer, Rantimi D. Oluwasegun, and George M. Church (4 April 2008)
Science 320 (5872), 100. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1155157]
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