Transfer or resistance between bacteria, conceptual image. Computer artwork representing the transfer of antibiotic resistance between two bacteria. A

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Transfer or resistance between bacteria, conceptual image. Computer artwork representing the transfer of antibiotic resistance between two bacteria. Antibiotic resistance is acquired through the transfer of a plasmid (circular unit of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA) from a donor cell (lower left) that already has resistance to one that does not (right).

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Photo credit: © CLAUS LUNAU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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