Re:How we can stop antibiotic resistance
by nopinsight on Sunday June 11, 2017 @12:42AM
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From my understanding, certain things are almost impossible to mutate against. No bacteria have evolved resistance against alcohol.
Some bacteria actually use dilute concentrations of ethanol as a substrate - acetobacter converts EtOH to acetate (vinegar). It's the concentration of 72% EtOH 28% h2o that bacteria can not protect against.
Re:How we can stop antibiotic resistance
by jaggederest on Sunday June 11, 2017 @02:57AM
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Also, more importantly, certain environmental toxins force maladaptation to the human body as a growth medium.
That is, anything that can live in a 40+% alcohol environment is also not going to find the human body hospitable.
Bacteria can do thousands or millions of generations more rapidly than we can tweak our nanotech.