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UGA researcher Issmat Kassem, pictured to the right of research professional Miranda Barr, has discovered a gene in Georgia sewer water that causes bacteria to be resistant to antibiotics.
A gene that causes bacteria to be resistant to one of the world’s most important antibiotics, colistin, has been detected in sewer water in Georgia. The presence of the MCR-9 gene is a major concern for public health because it causes antimicrobial resistance, a problem that the...