Engineered bacteria destroy antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater

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Engineered bacteria ******** antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater

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Shewanella oneidensis bacteria could remove antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater

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Bacteria engineered to ******** DNA can remove more than 99 per cent of genes that confer antibiotic resistance from wastewater. Treating wastewater with this method could help slow the spread of antibiotic resistance.

********-causing bacteria can absorb resistance genes that damaged or ***** bacteria have released into the environment. This makes wastewater one of the largest environmental reservoirs for antibiotic resistance genes, says

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at Michigan State University. Affected microbes can spread to people through water, food or livestock.

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