Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria Found on Space Station Toilet

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=29456

Space Bacteria
Wherever humans go, our bacterial companions will follow. That’s as true in space as it is on Earth, and while we’ve known that microbial astronauts are present on the International Space Station, one group of researchers has just found a new reason to worry about them.
A genomic analysis of samples collected from the space toilet aboard the station, among other places, has revealed that some of the bacteria on the ISS possess genes conferring resistance to antibiotics. Ther

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November 28, 2018 at 05:59PM

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