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Sometimes bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics that previously killed or damaged
them. This resistance can develop in the following ways:
• A random change in the genetic material of the bacteria, this is known as a mutation.
This can cause the genetic material to make the bacteria resistant to harm by the drug.
• By 'picking up' genetic material that contains instructions that code for antibiotic
resistance. This genetic material can come from viruses, other bacterial cells or
plasmids, which are loops of DNA in a bacterial cell that are separate from its
chromosome (bacteria only have one single chromosome, unlike us humans who have
23 pairs in each cell). These plasmids can move from one bacteria to another, picking
up and depositing bits of genetic material . If the plasmid contains a little bit of genetic
material that codes for antibiotic resistance this can be spread to many other bacteria.
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Another name for these are called, “Smart germs”, You know when
your not feeling well, your not really sick but your feeling poorly?
Well that is what the smart germs do to you, Sometimes germs
changed and become smart germs and many times our meds doesn't
work.