Soil may be a source of antibiotic resistance

Véronique LaCapra and VÃ©ronique LaCapra — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:22:58 +0000

Soil bacteria may be helping to make disease-causing bacteria resistant to antibiotics.

That’s according to a new study out of Washington University.

Lead researcher, microbiologist Gautam Dantas, says he and his colleagues found seven genes in farmland soil bacteria that are identical to genes in human pathogens – and that provide resistance to a wide range of antibiotics.

Dantas says the genes for antibiotic

FDA challenging the use of antibiotics in animals

KCUR-FM: Frank Morris — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:12:11 +0000

The Food and Drug Administration is publishing an order this month that limits the way farmers can use certain antibiotics to treat animals, and eggs.