Small animals acquire genes from bacteria that can produce antibiotics
A group of small, freshwater animals protect themselves from infections using antibiotic recipes “stolen” from bacteria, according to new research by a team from the University of Oxford, the University of Stirling and the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole. The tiny creatures are called bdelloid rotifers, which means ‘crawling wheel-animals’. They have a head, … Read more
