Sometimes one of the bacteria may survive because it has the ability to neutralize the effect of the antibiotic; that one bacterium can then multiply and replace all the bacteria that were killed off creating a new large group of antibiotic resilient bacteria. Bacteria that was once susceptible to an antibiotic can gain a resilience property to that specific antibiotic through mutation of their genetic material or by acquiring pieces of DNA that code for the resistance properties from other bacteria they may have mutated previously to that antibiotic and already adapted resistance or is just genetically immune. This means that bacteria can become resistant to many antimicrobial agents because of the transfer of one piece of DNA. “Exposure to antibiotics therefore provides selective pressure, which makes the surviving bacteria more likely to be resistant.” (Why are bacteria becoming resistant to
Sometimes one of the bacteria may survive because it has the ability to neutralize the effect of the antibiotic; that one bacterium can then multiply and replace all the bacteria that were killed off creating a new large group of antibiotic resilient bacteria. Bacteria that was once susceptible to an antibiotic can gain a resilience property to that specific antibiotic through mutation of their genetic material or by acquiring pieces of DNA that code for the resistance properties from other bacteria they may have mutated previously to that antibiotic and already adapted resistance or is just genetically immune. This means that bacteria can become resistant to many antimicrobial agents because of the transfer of one piece of DNA. “Exposure to antibiotics therefore provides selective pressure, which makes the surviving bacteria more likely to be resistant.” (Why are bacteria becoming resistant to