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Superbug gene – first detected in Arctic
February 1 , 2019
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- An antibiotic-resistant superbug gene first detected in India has been found in one of the last pristine places on the Earth, the Arctic.
- This finding has huge implications for global antibiotic resistance spread.
- Soil samples taken in Svalbard have now confirmed the spread of blaNDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1) into the High Arctic region.
- Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole.
- This Antibiotic-Resistant Gene (ARGs) provides multidrug resistance in microorganisms.
- An example is NDM-1, which is a protein that can confer resistance in a range of bacteria.
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