date:Nov 19, 2018
hat are resistant to the active substance tetracycline. This is because tetracycline antibiotics are used in livestock farming, where they can promote the development and propagation of resistant bacteria in organs such as the intestine. These bacteria as well as part of the antibiotics are excreted and then find their way onto the fields via organic fertilisers like manure. Smalla says that the results of the comprehensive tests clearly show that a wide variety of transferable plasmids -- gene