Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to public health. Each year, resistant bacterial infections kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, and the numbers are rising. But where does this resistance come from, and how does it spread so quickly between bacteria, even across diverse environments? The article “Genomic Analysis of IncH Plasmids Reveals Their Role as Drivers of An…
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a growing threat to global public health. Alone in 2019, antimicrobial resistance was associated with nearly 5 million deaths worldwide. Under certain conditions, even sensitive bacteria can survive antibiotic exposure resulting in relapsing infections when therapy is discontinued. Understanding the mechanisms that bacteria use to survive or even proliferate in t…
