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Re:First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major brea... by iSnow on Monday September 05, 2016 @06:27AM (#12429303)
True, but for one, the antibiotic will be produced and used in really large doses once it enters the market, meaning there are trillions of bacterial cells encountering it, which raises the likelihood of development of resistance. And second, horizontal gene transfer between bacteria means different strains of bacteria can cooperate in defeating it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer)

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