date:Nov 14, 2018
l gene transfer enables bacteria to adapt quickly to changing environmental conditions. When a patient is treated with antibiotics, bacteria that have incorporated such transmissible resistance genes into their DNA have an advantage and proliferate more quickly than their competitors. The frequency of transmission of resistance in the human intestine is unknown due to the low occurrence of E. coli on lettuce. There is also a lot to be learned to what extent and how often these resistant bacteria