Predatory Bacteria Acquire Drug Resistance Directly from Rivals

We are all aware that careless overuse of antibiotics can allow bacteria to develop antimicrobial resistance, but this isn’t the only way that bacteria can become resistant to antibiotic drugs. They can also pick up drug resistance genes from rival bacteria that they kill.Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel in Switzerland have now identified a mechanism by which bacteria inject toxic components into competing organisms to cause the rival cells to lyse. The predatory ba