In seeking new antibiotic sources, researchers have turned to an unlikely source: a whiffy frog known as Odorrana andersonii.

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Scientists were shocked to discover that microplastics don’t just pollute the environment, they may also be fueling the rise ...

Researchers from Boston University identified another downside to microplastics — bacteria exposed to them can become resistant to several types of antibiotics. gradt – stock.adobe.com ...

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Biofilms work so well, in fact, that they can increase antibiotic resistance hundreds to thousands of times above what’s normal, Zaman said. “Biofilms are pretty nasty to get off because they ...

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When the E. coli biofilms were on microplastics, they grew dramatically faster, larger and more antibiotic-resistant than biofilms growing on glass spheres, the study found.

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