Antibiotic-destroying genes widespread in bacteria in soil and on people

Shown above are two different 3D views of TetX7 (green), a tetracycline-destroying enzyme that causes resistance to all tetracycline antibiotics (the small multicolored molecule in the center). Researchers at…more Credit: Timothy Wencewicz
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-antibiotic-destroying-genes-widespread-bacteria-soil.html

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