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Backpack lab finds wastewater contamination and drug-resistant bacteria in Galápagos waters

From routine surgeries to cancer treatment, modern medicine depends on drugs that can fight infections caused by microbes such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. But some microbes are becoming resistant to the drugs used to treat them, which has wide-reaching consequences for global public h...

Backpack lab finds wastewater contamination and drug-resistant bacteria in Galápagos waters
Image: Phys.org
From routine surgeries to cancer treatment, modern medicine depends on drugs that can fight infections caused by microbes such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. But some microbes are becoming resistant to the drugs used to treat them, which has wide-reaching consequences for global public health.

Originally published at Phys.org

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