Soil Holds Clues to Antibiotic Resistance (1 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Soil Holds Clues to Antibiotic Resistance (1 of 4)

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This is a scanning electron micrograph of the Ochrobactrum bacteria. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 31, 2012, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K.J. Forsberg at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., and colleagues was titled, "The Shared Antibiotic Resistome of Soil Bacteria and Human Pathogens."

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Courtesy the Research Center for Auditory and Vestibular Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, supported by National Institutes of Health NIDCD Grant no. P30DC04665

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