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Antibiotic R esistant Bacteria

http://wellcometrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tb-bacilli.jpg. Antibiotic R esistant Bacteria . Laurelle Anderson. Antibiotic resistant genes are passed from cell to cell using transfomation , conjugation, and transduction (non-reproductive ways of passing genes

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Antibiotic R esistant Bacteria

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  1. http://wellcometrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tb-bacilli.jpghttp://wellcometrust.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tb-bacilli.jpg Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Laurelle Anderson

  2. Antibiotic resistant genes are passed from cell to cell using transfomation, conjugation, and transduction (non-reproductive ways of passing genes • Evolutionary pressure from antibiotics causes gene to be preferred • Antibiotic resistant TB formation How It Happened http://textbookofbacteriology.net/themicrobialworld/bactresanti.html

  3. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (golden staph) • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) • Multi-Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Examples

  4. Creates super bugs/super bacterium Effect on People

  5. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Antibiotic_resistant_bacteria?openhttp://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Antibiotic_resistant_bacteria?open • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_resistance • http://www.pnas.org/content/91/7/2428.full.pdf Bibliogarphy

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