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More to it, from a layperson's point of view, that paragraph seems to contradict the headline. As they seemed to find COER mutants, albeit in low quantities, wh
by aflag 4y ago
More to it, from a layperson's point of view, that paragraph seems to contradict the headline. As they seemed to find COER mutants, albeit in low quantities, which I read as bacteria that could actually resist it?
Maybe they are saying that even though there are some bacteria that can resist it, they are never actually selected? But what would the mechanism for that be?
- someguydave 4y agothey recovered “low-level COER” mutants, maybe they can’t reproduce? Edit: oh MIC is “minimum inhibitory concentration” so they only saw survivors with low levels of antibiotic. Still, it seems reasonable to be skeptical, just because their tests did not find resistance does not prove it will never happen
- aflag 4y agoI'm not skeptical or unskeptical. I just don't understand. My guess is that there's no construction if you understand what they are saying.